Structural Engineering and Mechanics

Volume 13, Number 3, 2002, pages 329-343

DOI: 10.12989/sem.2002.13.3.329

The dynamic stability of a nonhomogeneous orthotropic elastic truncated conical shell under a time dependent external pressure

A. H. Sofiyev and O. Aksogan (Turkey)

Abstract

In this research, the dynamic stability of an orthotropic elastic conical shell, with elasticity moduli<br />and density varying in the thickness direction, subject to a uniform external pressure which is a power function<br />of time, has been studied. After giving the fundamental relations, the dynamic stability and compatibility<br />equations of a nonhomogeneous elastic orthotropic conical shell, subject to a uniform external pressure, have<br />been derived. Applying Galerkin

Key Words

dynamic stability; nonhomogeneous; orthotropic; truncated; conical shell; external pressure; Galerkin

Address

A.H. Sofiyev, Ondokuz Mayis University, Civil Engineering Department, 55139, Samsun, Turkey<br />O. Aksogan, Cukurova University, Civil Engineering Department, 01330, Adana, Turkey