Document Type
Thesis - University Access Only
Award Date
1994
Degree Name
Master of Science (MS)
Department / School
Mechanical Engineering
First Advisor
Hamid R. Hamidzadeh
Abstract
Free vibration of three layered sandwich cylinders are considered. The flexural vibration of the main elastic cylinder is damped using viscoelastic core which is discontinuously constrained by number of elastic segments around the circumference. The core layer is assumed to be linear viscoelastic with a complex elastic moduli. In development of analytical procedure the governing V equation for the free vibration of damped system is formulated. As a result a sixth order differential equation for the motion is derived. This equation has the same form as that reported by Mead and Markus for a continuously constrained three layer sandwich beam. Six boundary conditions in terms of flexural displacement are satisfied for fixed-fixed, free-free, and fixed-free discontinuously damped sandwich cylinders. The determinant of coefficient matrix is then equated to zero and roots are computed using iteration method. A parameter study is conducted and dimensionless frequencies and the loss factors are computed for different shear parameter, geometric parameter, and the core loss factor. The ranges of these parameters are sufficient to cover most cases which are encountered in practice for the first three modes of vibration.
Library of Congress Subject Headings
Cylinders -- Vibration -- Mathematical models
Viscoelastic materials
Damping (Mechanics) -- Mathematical models
Format
application/pdf
Publisher
South Dakota State University
Recommended Citation
Medhora, Aazer Adi, "Free Vibration of Thin Discontinuously Damped Viscoelastic Cylinder" (1994). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 60.
https://openprairie.sdstate.edu/etd2/60
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