Vibration and stability of ring-stiffened Euler–Bernoulli tie-bars

Tie-bars are frequently used in structural and mechanical engineering applications. To satisfy requirements like weight reduction, stability improvement, etc., the tie-bars are stiffened with rings. In this paper a method is developed to calculate the natural frequencies, buckling axial force, etc., of the ring-stiffened tie-bars. The dynamics of the ringed and the unringed portions of the beam are treated separately. The mode shape of the first portion was expressed as the superposition of two functions multiplied by constants. Consideration of continuity of deflection and of slope and compatibility of bending moment and shearing force at the first step enabled the mode shape of the second portion to be expressed as the superposition of two functions but multiplied by the same constants as in the first portion. This procedure was recursively carried out up to the last portion. The frequency equation was then derived from the boundary conditions at the end. Buckling of the tie-bar was considered as the case when one of the natural frequencies is zero. The first three frequency parameters and the first two buckling dimensionless axial forces are tabulated for tie-bars stiffened with various number of rings and for various combinations of boundary conditions. The calculation procedure can handle any number and any type of ring-stiffeners.

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