International Congress on New Trends in Mechanics, Baku, Azerbaycan, 2 Eylül - 05 Aralık 2025, ss.404-414, (Tam Metin Bildiri)
This study focuses on the analysis of the free vibration behavior of multilayered
nonhomogeneous isotropic (NHI) cylindrical shells resting on nonlinear elastic foundations
within a theoretical framework based on Donnell-type thin-shell theory, which considers von
Kármán-type geometric nonlinearities and transverse shear deformation effects. The stressdisplacement
relations for each NHI layer are defined within the generalized Hooke's law, and
based on this, the governing equations of the system are derived in the form of partial
differential equations. These equations are reduced to second-order time-dependent nonlinear
ordinary differential equations using the Galerkin approximation. The semi-inverse method,
allows for approximate solutions of nonlinear differential equations. Furthermore, the study
comprehensively examined the effects of nonlinear (NL) elastic foundation parameters, shear
deformations, non-homogeneity, number and arrangement of layers on nonlinear frequency
characteristics, and new findings are presented that contribute to the literature.