Torsional vibrations of a cylindrical shell in a linear viscoelastic medium

Abstract In this paper, we consider the natural vibrations of inhomogeneous mechanical systems, i.e., cylindrical bodies located in a deformable viscoelastic medium. The theory and methods for studying the natural vibrations of a cylindrical shell in a viscoelastic medium are constructed. The viscoelastic properties of the medium are taken into account using the hereditary Boltzmann-Walter theory. For the statement of the problem, the general equation of the theory of viscoelasticity in the potentials of displacements in a cylindrical coordinate system is used. An algorithm has been developed to solve the tasks posed on a computer using the Bessel, Hankel, and Mueller and Gauss methods. The considered problems were reduced to finding complex natural frequencies for the system of equations of motion of a cylindrical shell in an infinite viscoelastic medium using radiation conditions. It is shown that the problem has a discrete complex spectrum. The eigen frequencies of oscillations of a low-contrast heterogeneity are found. Revealed that the imaginary part of the eigen frequencies is comparable with the real one, which can lead to aperiodic movements of the systems considered.