A simple tool to forecast the natural frequencies of thin-walled cylinders

A simple tool to forecast the natural frequencies of thin-walled cylinders

Marco Cammalleri, Antonella Castellano, Marco Abella

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Abstract. This paper presents an approximate method to predict the natural frequencies of thin-walled cylinders. By taking inspiration from a previous work of one of the authors, the starting point of the proposed approach is a proper construction of reasonable eigenfunctions. However, a new simple tool based on the principle of virtual work has been developed to estimate the natural frequencies and the amplitude of vibration without complex numerical resolution. Moreover, the applicability of the model is extended to all the most common constraint conditions. The identification of the natural frequencies of a continuous cylinder is reduced to an eigenvalue problem based on a matrix whose elements depend only on the geometric characteristics of the cylinder, the mechanical properties of the material and known numerical parameters. The latter are precalculated for given boundary conditions, covering clamped or pinned end constraints. Although the proposed formulation can address any constraints combination, only a pinned-pinned cylinder is analyzed here for brevity. The reliability of the model was tested against FEM analysis results. These comparisons showed that the maximum error versus the exact solutions for the lowest natural frequency is around 2% for all the mode shapes of the pinned-pinned case, offering an excellent trade-off between accuracy and ease of use.

Keywords
Circular Cylindrical Shell, Natural Frequencies, Eigenvalue Problem

Published online 3/17/2022, 6 pages
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Published under license by Materials Research Forum LLC., Millersville PA, USA

Citation: Marco Cammalleri, Antonella Castellano, Marco Abella, A simple tool to forecast the natural frequencies of thin-walled cylinders, Materials Research Proceedings, Vol. 26, pp 635-640, 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21741/9781644902431-102

The article was published as article 102 of the book Theoretical and Applied Mechanics

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