Composite structures are extensively applied because of their high specific stiffness-to-weight ratios and other advantages. In various scenarios, composite structures are elastically coupled and usually exposed to a nonuniform thermal environment. This paper presents numerical simulation studies on the vibroacoustic characteristics of a composite laminated plate with elastic supports subjected to local temperature. The thermal stiffness matrix and stiffness matrix of the elastic boundary are first derived based on the finite element method, and then a coupled vibroacoustic model is developed to calculate the acoustic properties of the structure. A comprehensive study is performed to highlight the effect of the temperature loading position, temperature range, and heated area on the acoustic radiation responses of composite laminated plates with different elastic supports. The results show that the existence of thermal stress has a great influence on the acoustic radiation of the structure at low frequencies, which is affected by the boundary constraints and heated areas.
This paper primarily investigates the effect of damping ratios on the acoustic response of a multi-stopband local resonance plate consisting of two-dimensional periodic arrays of tuned mass-spring combinations attached to a thin homogeneous plate. A Floquet–Bloch approach is employed to demonstrate the stopbands for an infinite plate. In addition, the acoustic radiation behavior and average sound radiation pressure level of finite plates are computed. A continuous and much wider stopband with good vibro-acoustic behavior can be obtained when care is taken in the design of the damping ratios of local resonance plates.
This study is devoted to vibration and acoustic radiation of stiffened plates in the presence of in-plane normal and shear loads using the finite element method. In structural modelling, the plate and stiffeners are treated as separate elements and the strain and kinetic energies of the stiffened plate with an elastic boundary are introduced. The results show good agreement with those obtained using other methods. Parametric studies show that in-plane normal forces have obvious influences on the acoustic radiation efficiency and the sound power level of the structure. Furthermore, the position of in-plane normal forces warrants attention; e.g., the farther the boundary in-plane normal forces from the boundary constraint are, the greater the effect on the acoustic performance is. However, in-plane edge shear loading has little influence on the acoustic performance of structures.
In this paper, a model is established for the calculation of the vibrations of a composite laminated plate with elastic boundary conditions subjected to local thermal loading. The model is based on first-order shear deformation theory using the finite element method. The influence of boundary conditions, heating area, and heating location on buckling and vibrations of a composite laminated plate was investigated, and there were two stages in which the critical temperature increased sharply during the transition from free boundary to simply supported and rigid fixed boundaries. The thermal buckling of locally heated laminated plates is generally not checked in practical applications unless the heated area exceeds approximately 10% of the total area of the plates. The stronger the boundary constraint is, the greater the influence of the heated area is on the vibrational frequencies of the composite laminated plate.
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