Axisymmetric dynamics of composite spherical shells with active piezoelectric/composite stiffeners (Q1977056)

This paper presents a theoretical study of spherical shells reinforced by meridional and circumferential stiffeners. Active damping of the shell is introduced through the action of piezoelectric coupled pairs bonded to the meridional stiffeners. Beyond this, the paper also considers a particular case of shells with piezoelectric coupled pairs without conventional stiffeners. Under some geometric assumptions, the authors derive a closed-form solution by using a version of Geckeler approximation.