26th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences
including the 8th AIAA Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations (ATIO) Conference
14 - 19 September 2008, Anchorage, Alaska, USA
Paper ICAS2008-P3.9

EFFECTS OF HIERARCHY ORDER ON NATURAL FREQUENCY AND VIBRATION TRANSMISSION OF SELF-SIMILAR TRUSSES

N. Fazli, A. Abedian, H. Teimouri
Sharif Univ. of Technology, Iran

Keywords: Hierarchical structures, Self-Similar Trusses, Natural Frequency, Fractals

Hierarchy structures provide interesting advantages of which the weight reduction is of great interest by the aerospace industry. In the present research work it is tried to find some clue on the effects of hierarchy order on the natural frequency and the vibration energy transmission of hierarchy structures.

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