..., this approach is modified for application to a symmetrically laminated shallow cylindrical shell having a rectangular planform. First, the natural frequencies of the shell are calculated for discussion of the convergence and accuracy of the solution. Next, the effects of the curvature ratio and stacking...

... of the eigenfunctions renders Galerkin’s method singular. Test results indicate that the method converges and is as accurate as Galerkin’s method with linearly independent trial functions. [S0739-3717(00)01804-3] Contributed by the Technical Committee on Vibration and Sound for publication in the JOURNAL...

...Yoon Young Kim, Associate Professor,; Jeong Hoon Kang, Senior Engineer, As the fundamental cause of the slow convergence of a direct free-interface component mode synthesis method, we point out the inability of free-interface normal modes in representing the stress resultants near the free...