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Table 1. Material properties of FGM constituents.
Table 2. Validation of vibration frequency of spherical shell for various material gradient exponent (R/r0=3).
Table 3. Validation of vibration frequency (Hz) of FG spherical shells at curvature radius (p = 1).
Figure 3. Variation of vibration frequency versus normalized deflection of annular spherical shells for various open angles (R = 200 h, r1=100 h, r0=0.5r1, p = 1, ξ = 0.2, Kw=0, Kp=0).
![Figure 3. Variation of vibration frequency versus normalized deflection of annular spherical shells for various open angles (R = 200 h, r1=100 h, r0=0.5r1, p = 1, ξ = 0.2, Kw=0, Kp=0).](/cms/asset/7cdc56e5-340a-44c3-8682-ff9496d32072/lmbd_a_1771729_f0003_c.jpg)
Figure 4. Variation of vibration frequency versus normalized deflection of annular spherical shells for various porosity volume fractions (R = 200 h, r1=100 h, r0=0.5r1, Kw=0, Kp=0). (a) p = 2; (b) p = 5.
![Figure 4. Variation of vibration frequency versus normalized deflection of annular spherical shells for various porosity volume fractions (R = 200 h, r1=100 h, r0=0.5r1, Kw=0, Kp=0). (a) p = 2; (b) p = 5.](/cms/asset/308becc3-2490-4f09-a510-d70a2186db76/lmbd_a_1771729_f0004_c.jpg)
Figure 5. Variation of vibration frequency versus normalized deflection of annular spherical shells for various porosity distribution types (R = 200 h, r1=100 h, r0=0.5r1, p = 5, ξ = 0.3, ψ = π).
![Figure 5. Variation of vibration frequency versus normalized deflection of annular spherical shells for various porosity distribution types (R = 200 h, r1=100 h, r0=0.5r1, p = 5, ξ = 0.3, ψ = π).](/cms/asset/df307ef7-14ee-47dc-9ff5-be467755ba38/lmbd_a_1771729_f0005_c.jpg)
Figure 6. Variation of vibration frequency versus normalized deflection of annular spherical shells for various porosity distribution types (r1=100 h, r0=0.5r1, p = 5, ξ = 0.3, ψ = π).
![Figure 6. Variation of vibration frequency versus normalized deflection of annular spherical shells for various porosity distribution types (r1=100 h, r0=0.5r1, p = 5, ξ = 0.3, ψ = π).](/cms/asset/ade0afea-85b3-4162-a67d-f0f01a25b228/lmbd_a_1771729_f0006_c.jpg)
Figure 7. Variation of vibration frequency versus normalized deflection of annular spherical shells for various foundation factors (r1=100 h, r0=0.5r1, p = 5, ξ = 0.3, ψ = π).
![Figure 7. Variation of vibration frequency versus normalized deflection of annular spherical shells for various foundation factors (r1=100 h, r0=0.5r1, p = 5, ξ = 0.3, ψ = π).](/cms/asset/956a9d45-f52b-433d-8cc9-390db76c3720/lmbd_a_1771729_f0007_c.jpg)
Figure 8. Variation of vibration frequency versus normalized deflection of annular spherical shells for various number of stiffeners (r1=100 h, r0=0.5r1, p = 5, ξ = 0.3, h1=0.5 h, b1=0.5 h, ψ = π).
![Figure 8. Variation of vibration frequency versus normalized deflection of annular spherical shells for various number of stiffeners (r1=100 h, r0=0.5r1, p = 5, ξ = 0.3, h1=0.5 h, b1=0.5 h, ψ = π).](/cms/asset/988336a3-86b6-4e02-9885-2adf66e30bd5/lmbd_a_1771729_f0008_c.jpg)