Applicatin of R-functions Theory to Nonlinear Vibration Problems of Laminated Shallow Shells with Cutouts

Abstract

In present work an effective method to research geometrically nonlinear free vibrations of elements of thinwalled constructions that can be modeled as laminated shallow shells with complex planform is applied. The proposed method is based on joint use of R-functions theory, variational methods and Bubnov-Galerkin procedure. It allows reducing an initial nonlinear system of motion equations of a shallow shell to the Cauchy problem. The mathematical formulation of the problem is performed in a framework of the refined first-order theory. The appropriate software is created within POLE-RL program system for polynomial results and using C+ + programs for splines. New problems of linear and nonlinear vibrations of laminated shallow shells with cutouts are solved. To confirm reliability of the obtained results their comparison with the ones obtained using spline-approximation and known in literature is provided. Effect o f boundary condition on cutout is studied.