Structural Engineering and Mechanics

Volume 19, Number 5, 2005, pages 503-517

DOI: 10.12989/sem.2005.19.5.503

Dynamic stability of a viscoelastically supported sandwich beam

Ranajay Ghosh, Sanjay Dharmavaram, Kumar Ray and P. Dash

Abstract

The parametric dynamic stability of an asymmetric sandwich beam with viscoelastic core on viscoelastic supports at the ends and subjected to an axial pulsating load is investigated. A set of Hill

Key Words

parametric dynamic instability; viscoelastic core; sandwich beam; viscoelastic supports; zone instability; simple and combination resonances.

Address

Ranajay Ghosh; Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853-1503, USA<br />Sanjay Dharmavaram and Kumar Ray; <br />Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur-721302, India<br />P. Dash; A.T. - Bidyadharpur Sasam, P.O. Khaira, Dist., Orissa, Balasore-756048, India