Research Article

Dynamic Characters of Stiffened Composite Conoidal Shell Roofs with Cutouts: Design Aids and Selection Guidelines

Table 1

Fundamental frequencies (rad/sec) of clamped conoidal shell with central stiffeners.

Stiffener positionStiffener along -directionStiffener along -directionStiffener along both - and -directions
Nayak and Bandyopadhyay [13]Present modelNayak and Bandyopadhyay [13]Present modelNayak and Bandyopadhyay [13]Present model

Concentric17.2817.5017.3717.3120.8321.1520.8520.7620.9021.2421.0120.84
Eccentric at top17.8317.9217.7817.7321.5721.7621.5321.4522.3922.8622.5122.32
Eccentric at bottom17.5517.8017.6117.5222.3122.6622.4022.2422.9223.2523.0022.87

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