Journal
MECHANICAL SYSTEMS AND SIGNAL PROCESSING
Volume 151, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.ymssp.2020.107357
Keywords
Sound transmission loss; Modal behaviour; Rectangular; Wave and finite element
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- New Zealand Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) through a Smart Ideas Grant entitled Predicting Sound Transmission in Lightweight Buildings
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The study presents a wave-based methodology for investigating sound transmission through rectangular, rigidly-baffled panels, incorporating the modal behavior of the structure. The panel is homogeneous in-plane, with arbitrary complexity in through-thickness construction, and the method combines wave and finite element analysis while considering modal effects.
A wave based methodology is proposed to investigate sound transmission through rectangular, rigidly-baffled panels, including the modal behaviour of the structure. The panel is homogeneous in-plane, but the through-thickness construction can be of arbitrary complexity. The fluids are modelled analytically, the structure by the wave and finite element method: a small segment of the structure is meshed to predict the behaviour of an infinite panel with the same properties. The transverse displacement of the panel is modelled as a sum of sine terms, each associated with a specific mode. Neglecting fluid loading, the blocked pressure of the incident wave is decomposed into space harmonics with given trace wavenumbers. An equivalent, infinite plate, excited by a periodic continuation of the loading on the finite panel, is considered. The natural frequencies of the finite panel follow from free wave propagation, its response estimated from that of the infinite panel. The far-field acoustic pressure and sound transmission loss are presented. Numerical results agree well with analytical solutions, other numerical solutions and measurements. The proposed method takes the modal effects fully into account, and is efficient and straightforward to implement. (C) 2020 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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