On Shear Correction Factor in Vibration of Annular Sector Plates

In the present study, the shear correction factors are obtained for annular sector plates using Differential Quadrature (DQ) Method. Based on the three-dimensional elasticity theory, the governing equations of motion for an annular sector plate are obtained. These equations together with the boundary conditions are discretized by employing DQ method. Following DQ procedure an eigenvalue problem is obtained that represents the natural frequencies and mode shapes of the plate. This procedure is also investigated for the analysis of the annular sector plates based on FSDT. The frequency of the first asymmetric mode of thickness direction for various shear correction factors are compared with the results of the three-dimensional elasticity theory. Therefore, the appropriate shear correction factor can be found. Some shear correction factors are obtained for various boundary conditions. It is shown that the value of the shear correction factor depends on the plate geometry and the boundary conditions.