Free vibration analysis of doubly curved shallow shells reinforced by any number of beams with arbitrary lengths

This study focuses on the free linear vibrations of doubly curved shallow shells reinforced by any number of beams of arbitrary lengths. Distributed elastic restraints are used to specify generally the boundary conditions along the shell edges and the coupling conditions between the shell and its reinforcing beams. Both the shell and stiffening beams are considered as independent structural components carrying three-dimensional displacement fields. Each of the displacements is invariably expressed as a simple trigonometric series with accelerated and uniform convergence over the solution domains of interest. All the unknown expansion coefficients are treated as the generalized coordinates and solved using the Rayleigh-Ritz technique. As illustrated by examples, the current method provides a unified means for solving a wide range of shell problems involving various practical complications with respect to, for example, the boundary conditions, the coupling conditions, the number of stiffeners, and the lengths and locations of the stiffeners.

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