Steel and Composite Structures
Volume 33, Number 5, 2019, pages 663-679
DOI: 10.12989/scs.2019.33.5.663
Free vibration analysis of angle-ply laminated composite and soft core sandwich plates
Meriem Sahla, Hayat Saidi, Kada Draiche, Abdelmoumen Anis Bousahla, Fouad Bourada and Abdelouahed Tounsi
Abstract
In this work, a simple four-variable trigonometric shear deformation model with undetermined integral terms to consider the influences of transverse shear deformation is applied for the dynamic analysis of anti-symmetric laminated composite and soft core sandwich plates. Unlike the existing higher order theories, the current one contains only four unknowns. The equations of motion are obtained using the principle of virtual work. The analytical solution is determined by solving the eigenvalue problem. The influences of geometric ratio, modular ratio and fibre angle are critically evaluated for different problems of laminated composite and sandwich plates. The eigenfrequencies obtained using the current theory are verified by comparing the results with those of other theories and with the exact elasticity solution, if any.
Key Words
shear deformation; antisymmetric; laminated; sandwich; natural frequencies
Address
(1) Meriem Sahla, Hayat Saidi, Kada Draiche, Abdelmoumen Anis Bousahla, Fouad Bourada, Abdelouahed Tounsi:
Material and Hydrology Laboratory, University of Sidi Bel Abbes, Faculty of Technology, Civil Engineering Department, Algeria;
(2) Kada Draiche:
Département de Génie Civil, Université Ibn Khaldoun Tiaret, BP 78 Zaaroura, 14000 Tiaret, Algérie;
(3) Fouad Bourada:
Département des Sciences et de la Technologie, centre universitaire de Tissemsilt, BP 38004 Ben Hamouda, Algeria;
(4) Abdelmoumen Anis Bousahla, Abdelouahed Tounsi:
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, 31261 Dhahran, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia.