Shell-like structures are used in various engineering applications including civil, aerospace, mechanical, marine, and automotive engineering. This article reviews most of the recent research done in the field of dynamic response of homogeneous shells with special attention to free vibrations. Literature on dynamics of laminated composite shells was reviewed in Part 1 published in the July 2002 issue of AMR. Emphasis is given to the theory being applied (thin, thick, 3D, nonlinear,…), the shell geometries that were subject to dynamics research (cylindrical, conical, spherical,…), the analysis method (exact, Ritz, finite elements,…), and the various complicating effects (initial stress, imperfection, added masses and springs, elastic supports, rotating shells, interaction with fluids, and others). This review article contains 606 references.
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