The stress analysis of a rotating finite cross-ply laminated composite hollow cylinder with two ends simply supported is conducted with the Coriolis acceleration effect involved. The state-space approach is employed together with the layerwise method as well as the Fourier expansion technique. The analysis is completely based on the exact elasticity equations so that hollow cylinders with arbitrary thickness can be readily dealt with. Numerical comparison with exact solution of a rotating infinite hollow cylinder without the Coriolis effect shows good agreement.
SrinivasS.Analysis of laminated circular cylindrical shells with general boundary conditions. Technical Report NASA-TR-R412, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1974.
8.
RenJ. G.Exact solutions for laminated cylindrical shells in cylindrical bendingComposite Sci. Technol., 1987, 29, 169–187.
9.
ChenY.ZhaoH. B.ShenZ. P.Vibrations of high speed rotating shells with calculations for cylindrical shellsJ. Sound Vibr., 1993, 160, 137–160.
10.
LamK. Y.LoyC. T.Free vibrations of rotating multi-layered cylindrical shellInt. J. Solids Structs, 1995, 32, 647–663.
11.
KadivarM. H.SamaniK.Free vibration of rotating thick composite cylindrical shells using layerwise laminate theoryMechanics Res. Commun., 2000, 27, 679–684.
12.
ChenW. Q.DingH. J.A state-space-based stress analysis of a multilayered spherical shell with spherical isotropyJ. Appl. Mechanics, 2001, 69, 109–114.
SoldatosK. P.HadjigeorgiouV. P.Three-dimensional solution of the free vibration problem of homogeneous isotropic cylindrical shells and panelsJ. Sound Vibr., 1990, 137, 369–384.
15.
BellmanR.Introduction to Matrix Analysis.1970 (McGraw-Hill, New York).
16.
JonesJ. M.Mechanics of Composite Materials, 1975 (Hemisphere, New York).
