The influence of boundary conditions and transverse shear on the vibration of angle-ply laminated plates, circular cylinders and cylindrical panels

摘要

This paper investigates the influence of the edge boundary conditions on the vibration characteristics of transverse shear deformable composite plates, closed cylindrical shells and open cylindrical panels having an arbitrary angle-ply lay-up. The shell model employed for this purpose is equivalent to the unified shear deformable Love-type theory introduced in Refs. [6,7], whereas the analysis is based on the Ritz method.