A three-dimensional (3-D) method of analysis is presented for determining the free vibration frequencies and mode shapes of thick, circular rings with isosceles trapezoidal and triangular cross-sections. Displacement components us,uz, and uθ in the meridional, normal, and circumferential directions, respectively, are taken to be sinusoidal in time, periodic in θ, and algebraic polynomials in the ϕ and z directions. Potential (strain) and kinetic energies of the circular ring are formulated, and upper bound values of the frequencies are obtained by minimizing the frequencies. As the degree of the polynomials is increased, frequencies converge to the exact values. Novel numerical results are presented for the circular rings with isosceles trapezoidal and equilateral triangular cross-sections having completely free boundaries. Convergence to four-digit exactitude is demonstrated for the first five frequencies of the rings. The method is applicable to thin rings, as well as thick and very thick ones. [S0739-3717(00)00702-9]

Issue Section:
Technical Papers
Keywords:
vibrations, structural engineering, polynomials, elastic waves
Topics:
Cross section (Physics), Displacement, Free vibrations, Mode shapes, Polynomials, Vibration, Algebra, Kinetic energy
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