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COMPOSITE STRUCTURES
Volume 230, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2019.111470
Keywords
Open cylindrical shell; Sandwich; Flowing fluid; Flexible core; Vibration
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The free vibrations of a circular cylindrical sandwich shell with a flexible core containing a flowing fluid are investigated. Within the framework of the higher-order sandwich panel theory which assumes a variable displacement through the thickness, the core flexibility is taken into account. Using Hamilton's extended principle, for an inviscid, non-rotational, laminar and incompressible flow, via the potential flow theory, the governing equations of the coupled structure and fluid system are derived. The eigenvalue problem's equations are found by implementing a modal expansion method which has been validated by the existing results and is found to be accurate. The effect of the axial flow velocity, circumferential wave number, core to total thickness ratio and total thickness to mean radius ratio on the natural frequencies are investigated. It is found that taking into account the core's flexibility results in lower frequency values. The study shows that, unlike in dry shells, increasing the ratio of core thickness to total thickness reduces the natural frequencies monotonically in wet shells. For a constant total shell thickness, the critical velocity of the fluid decreases with increases in core thickness.
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