Fundamental vibration of rotating cantilever blades with pre-twist

A non-linear strain–displacement relationship of a pre-twisted conical shell on the general shell theory is utilized, and a method for vibration of a rotating cantilever conical shell with pre-twist is developed by the principle of virtual work and the Rayleigh–Ritz method. Firstly, deformation and stress resultants caused by rotation are analyzed. Secondly, an equilibrium of energy for vibration of a pre-twisted conical shell having the conditions achieved in the first process is given and then an eigenfrequency equation of a rotating cantilever conical shell with pre-twisted is formulated. The effects of parameters such as an angular velocity, a radius of a hub, a setting angle, a twist angle, a subtended angle and a tapered ratio of cross-section on the fundamental vibration are investigated.