Abstract

Virtually in all structural systems, and in particular composites, there are uncertainties in the system parameters because of practical bounds on the quality control. In the present work the effect of variations in the mechanical properties of laminated composite cylindrical panels on its natural frequency has been obtained by modeling these as random variables. The transverse shear and rotatory inertia effects have been included in the governing equations. A perturbation approach is presented to obtain the mean and variance of the random natural frequencies. The effects of thickness ratios, edge support conditions and standard deviation of material properties on response of shallow square panels have been investigated. Results have been obtained by employing the finite element method. The approach has been validated by comparison of results with other approaches.

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