Using RBF-FD for calculation of hydroelastic vibrations of axisymmetric orthotropic shells of rotation

Geometrically nonlinear differential equations describing the dynamic deformation of axisymmetric shells of rotation are derived on the basis of general equations for solving functions in the global coordinate system. The equations take into account thinning/thickening at large longitudinal strains as well as transverse shear for thick shells. The motion and pressure of an ideal incompressible fluid is described by a displacement potential. To obtain the numerical solution, the finite difference method based on spline interpolation by polyharmonic radial basis functions is applied. The calculation method is implemented in software package. Good agreement of the calculated displacements with the results of modeling by different finite elements in ANSYS is obtained. The frequencies of the hydroelastic vibrations of the tanks are compared with those obtained by the finite element and boundary element method, as well as with results from published articles by other researchers.