The free vibration characteristics of linear elastic toroidal shell panels are determined. A solution based on the Mushtari-Vlasov-Donnell shell equations is developed using the Differ- ential Quadrature Metbod. The work represents the first application of this method to problems in shell theory with variable coefhcients in tbe governing equations. Numerical results are calculated using the method, and these are compared with results found using a Fourier series and a finite element solution.
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