DYNAMICS OF SHELLS

Recent analytical and experimental research activities in the area of dynamic behavior of thin elastic shells at the Structural Mechanics Laboratory of Northwestern University are reviewed. These activities fall within the following three groups: analytical and experimental studies of frequency spectra and mode shapes of cylindrical shells subjected to initial mechanical stresses and non-uniform heating; analytical and experimental studies of impact loading of cylindrical shells and rings; and dynamic interaction of cylindrical shells and a surrounding fluid. (Author)

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Presented at International Colloquium on Progress of Shell Structures in the Last 10 Years and Its Future Development (3rd), Madrid, Sept-Oct 1969.
• Corporate Authors:

  Northwestern University, Evanston

  Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
  2145 Sheridan Road
  Evanston, IL  United States  60208
• Authors:
  • Herrmann, G
• Publication Date: 1971-1-25

Media Info

• Pagination: 19 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Shells (Structural forms); Structural analysis
• Old TRIS Terms: Elastic shells; Shell theory
• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation; Materials;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00016731
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: AFOSR-TR-71-0833
• Contract Numbers: AF-AFOSR-0100-67
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 29 1971 12:00AM