Linear and geometrically nonlinear vibrations of the three-layered functionally graded shallow

shells with a complex form of the base are studied. It is assumed that outer and inner layers are
made of functionally graded materials (FGM) or an isotropic material (metal or ceramic). The
first-order shear deformation theory of shallow shells (FSDT) is employed. Effective material
properties of layers are varied along the thickness according to a power law. To calculate
different mechanical characteristics for different types of lamination schemes, analytical
expressions are obtained. The linear problem is solved by combining the Ritz and the R-functions
method. Linearization of the nonlinear problem is carried out by a novel original approach.
Namely, the initial problem is reduced to solving a sequence of linear problems including those
vibrations related to linear, special type of the elasticity problem and the nonlinear system of
ordinary differential equations. Validation of the proposed method and the developed software
has been examined on test problems for shallow shells with rectangular plan form and different
boundary conditions. In order to demonstrate possibilities of the proposed approach, new results
for laminated FGM shallow shells of the complex form of the base are presented. Effects of
different material distributions, lamination schemes, curvatures, boundary conditions, and
geometrical parameters on natural frequencies and backbone curves are reported and analyzed.