Free Vibration Analysis of Doubly Curved Composite Sandwich Panels with Variable Thickness

Document Type : Research Article

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1 Structures, Aerospace Engineering, Air University of Shahid Sattari

2 Malek ashtar univ.

Abstract

In this research, the free vibration analysis of doubly curved composite sandwich panels with variable thickness is studied using higher order sandwich panel theory. For the first time, considering different radii of curvatures of the face sheets in this paper, the thickness of the core is a function of plane coordinates (x,y). In addition, in the current model, the continuity conditions of the transverse shear stress, transverse normal stress and transverse normal stress gradient at the layer interfaces, as well as the conditions of zero transverse shear stresses on the upper and lower surfaces of the sandwich panel are satisfied, which is unique. The vertical displacement component of the face sheets is assumed as a quadratic one, while a cubic pattern is used for the in-plane displacement components of the face sheets and all displacement components of the core. The equations of motion and boundary conditions are derived using the Hamilton principle. The effects of some important parameters including composite layup sequences, length to width ratio, varying properties of the face sheets materials, Face sheet thicknesses ratio and varying materials of the face sheets were investigated. The results are validated by the latest results published in the literature.

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Amirkabir Journal of Mechanical Engineering
Volume 52, Issue 8
November 2020
Pages 2195-2212

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