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Free-vibration analysis of sandwich panels with randomly irregular honeycomb core

Free-vibration analysis of sandwich panels with randomly irregular honeycomb core
Free-vibration analysis of sandwich panels with randomly irregular honeycomb core

An analytical framework has been proposed to analyze the effect of random structural irregularity in honeycomb core for natural frequencies of sandwich panels. Closed-form formulas have been developed for the out-of-plane shear moduli of spatially irregular honeycombs following minimum potential energy theorem and minimum complementary energy theorem. Subsequently an analytical approach has been presented for free-vibration analysis of honeycomb core sandwich panels to quantify the effect of such irregularity following a probabilistic paradigm. Representative results have been furnished for natural frequencies corresponding to low vibration modes of a sandwich panel with high length-to-width ratio. The results suggest that spatially random irregularities in honeycomb core have considerable effect on the natural frequencies of sandwich panels.

Irregular honeycomb core, Natural frequency, Random cell angle, Sandwich panel
0733-9399
Mukhopadhyay, T.
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Adhikari, S.
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Mukhopadhyay, T.
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Adhikari, S.
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Mukhopadhyay, T. and Adhikari, S. (2016) Free-vibration analysis of sandwich panels with randomly irregular honeycomb core. Journal of Engineering Mechanics, 142 (11), [06016008]. (doi:10.1061/(ASCE)EM.1943-7889.0001153).

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An analytical framework has been proposed to analyze the effect of random structural irregularity in honeycomb core for natural frequencies of sandwich panels. Closed-form formulas have been developed for the out-of-plane shear moduli of spatially irregular honeycombs following minimum potential energy theorem and minimum complementary energy theorem. Subsequently an analytical approach has been presented for free-vibration analysis of honeycomb core sandwich panels to quantify the effect of such irregularity following a probabilistic paradigm. Representative results have been furnished for natural frequencies corresponding to low vibration modes of a sandwich panel with high length-to-width ratio. The results suggest that spatially random irregularities in honeycomb core have considerable effect on the natural frequencies of sandwich panels.

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Published date: 1 November 2016
Additional Information: Publisher Copyright: © 2016 American Society of Civil Engineers.
Keywords: Irregular honeycomb core, Natural frequency, Random cell angle, Sandwich panel

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Local EPrints ID: 483539
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/483539
ISSN: 0733-9399
PURE UUID: 17cbf3c0-a89e-4546-84d4-da23e630ab6b

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Author: T. Mukhopadhyay
Author: S. Adhikari

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