Abstract

The problem of the free vibrations of nonthin elliptic cylindrical shells of variable thickness under various boundary conditions is solved using the refined Timoshenko–Mindlin theory. To solve the problem, an effective numerical approach based on the spline-approximation and discrete-orthogonalization methods is used. The effect of the cross-sectional shape, thickness variation law, material properties, and boundary conditions on the natural frequency spectrum of the shells is analyzed.

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