Axisymmetric vibration of multilayer sandwich plates and shells

Abstract

The study of axisymmetric vibration of multilayer sandwich plates and shells with n stiff layers and n-1 weak cores by the finite element method is presented. A curved multilayer element method is presented and used to investigate the free vibration of circular plates, cylindrical and spherical multilayer shells. Convergent and parametric studies for a wide range of problems indicate excellent agreement with available theoretical results.link_to_subscribed_fulltex