Research Article

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

Table 4

Non-dimensional fundamental frequencies for laminated composite (+45/−45/+45/−45) stiffened conoidal shell for different sizes of the central square cutout and different boundary conditions.

Boundary conditionsCutout size ( )
00.10.20.30.4

CCCC137.5363149.748156.932154.6134147.0345
CSCC127.6366139.9845142.6213142.2069133.7437
CCSC133.1847157.494165.9908157.6214149.8912
CCCS123.9139136.05139.2721140.9553134.9193
CSSC119.3132129.2799129.5345119.8123107.4374
CCSS114.1784124.2418126.9562119.4147107.3405
CSCS119.1939129.2601133.1178136.9644128.4247
SCSC117.6296129.2476135.318141.1146143.7385
CSSS102.7485106.9623109.5824110.3696103.1902
SSSC105.2055111.0251113.482110.7912101.8345
SSCS103.0713107.6771111.8604118.8297123.5415
SSSS89.815991.662694.391289.28483.3021
Point supported26.402226.826727.366628.54230.1836

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