COMPOSITES PART B-ENGINEERING, cilt.122, ss.89-108, 2017 (SCI-Expanded)
Free vibration analysis of truncated conical panels and annular sector plates with functionally graded materials (FGM) is carried out. Governing equations of motion are obtained based on two different shell theories such as Love's shell theory and first-order shear deformation theory (FSDT). The resulting governing differential equations have been solved using the differential quadrature (DQ) and discrete singular convolution (DSC) methods. As the FGM cases two different material properties of structures are assumed to change continuously in the thickness direction according to the volume fraction power law and the general four-parameter power law distributions in terms of the volume fractions of constituents. Accuracy, convergence and reliability of these two methods have been validated by comparing the obtained results with the existing results available in the open literature. Furthermore, the effects of the grid numbers on results for each method have been also investigated for different boundary conditions and mode numbers for conical panel vibrations. Then, using the DQ and DSC methods, the frequencies values have been calculated for different material and geometric parameters, modes and boundary cases for truncated conical panels with FGM. The effects of material power-law distribution are also discussed. The convergence, advantages and accuracy of the present two methodologies are examined in conjunctions with the vibration problem of truncated conical panels with functionally graded materials (FMG). Some results for annular sector plates and circular cylindrical panels have also been obtained via conical panel equations. (C) 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.