ACOUSTIC RADIATION FROM FLUID LOADED RECTANGULAR PLATES
Abstract
The acoustic radiation into a fluid filled infinite half-space from a randomly excited, thin rectangular plate inserted in an infinite baffle is discussed. The analysis is based on the in vacuo modes of the plate. The modal coupling coefficients are evaluated approximately at both low and high (but below acoustic critical) frequencies. An approximate solution of the resulting infinite set of linear simultaneous equations for the plate modal velocity amplitudes is obtained in terms of modal admittances of the plate-fluid system. These admittances describe the important modal coupling due to both fluid inertia and radiation damping effects. The effective amount of coupling, and hence the effective radiation damping acting on a mode, depends on the relative magnitudes of the structural damping, i.e., on the widths of the modal resonance peaks, and the frequency spacing of the resonances. Expressions are obtained for the spectral density of the radiated acoustic power for the particular case of excitation by a turbulent boundary layer.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Aug 01, 1969
- Accession Number
- AD0702195
Entities
People
- Huw G. Davies
Organizations
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology