Dynamic Stability of Cylindrical Shells under Moving Loads by Applying Advanced Controlling Techniques Part I—Using Periodic Stiffeners.pdfVIP

Hindawi Publishing Corporation Advances in Acoustics and Vibration Volume 2009, Article ID 317202, 17 pages doi:10.1155/2009/317202 Research Article Dynamic Stability of Cylindrical Shells under Moving Loads by Applying Advanced Controlling Techniques Part I—Using Periodic Stiffeners Khaled M. Saadeldin Eldalil1 and Amr M. S. Baz2 1 Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Tanta University, Sperbay, Tanta, Egypt 2 Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Maryland, 2137 Eng. Bldg., College Park MD 20742, USA Correspondence should be addressed to Khaled M. Saadeldin Eldalil, eldalil01@ Received 2 April 2009; Accepted 12 July 2009 Recommended by Mohammad Tawfik The load acting on a cylindrical shell, with added periodic stiffeners, under a transient pressure pulse propelling a pullet (gun case) has been experimentally studied. This study is based on two modes of velocities, the first is subcritical mode and the second is supercritical mode. The stiffeners are added to the gun tube of an experimental gun facility, of 14 mm bore diameter. The radial strains are measured by using high-frequency strain gage system in phase with a laser beam detection system. Time-resolved strain measurement of the wall response is obtained and both precursor and transverse hoop strains have been resolved. The time domain analysis has been done using “wavelet transform package” in order to determine the frequency domain modes of vibrations and detect the critical frequency mode. A complete comparison of the dynamic behavior of the shell tube before and after adding periodic stiffeners has been done, which indicated that a significant damping effect reaches values between 61.5 and 38% for subcritical and critical modes. The critical frequency of the stiffened shell is increased, so t