Research Article

Behaviour and Optimization Aids of Composite Stiffened Hypar Shell Roofs with Cutout under Free Vibration

Table 1

Natural frequencies (Hz) of centrally stiffened clamped square plate.

Mode no. Mukherjee and Mukhopadhyay [14]Nayak and Bandyopadhyay [15] Present method
N8 (FEM)N9 (FEM)

1711.8725.2725.1733

𝑎 = 𝑏 = 0 . 2 0 3 2  m, shell thickness = 0 . 0 0 1 3 7 1 6  m, stiffener depth 0.0127 m, stiffener width = 0 . 0 0 6 3 5  m, stiffener eccentric at bottom.
Material property: 𝐸 = 6 . 8 7 × 1 0 1 0  N/m2, 𝜈 = 0 . 2 9 , 𝜌 = 2 8 2 3  kg/m3.