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Journal of Sound and Vibration (1978) 61(3), 3 15-326
AN APPROXIMATE THEORY FOR THE SOUND RADIATED
FROM A PERIODIC LINE-SUPPORTED PLATE
D. J. MEAD
Department of Aeronautics and Astronauti cs,
Un iversity of Southampton, Southampton SO9 5NH ,
ngland
ND
A. K.
MALLIK~
Department of Mechanical Engineeri ng,
I ndian nstitute of Technology, Kanpur 208016, I ndia
(Received 13 March 1978)
An approxim ate metho d is presented for estimating the sound po wer radiated by an infinite
plate, supported elastically along parallel, equ i-spaced lines and subjected to a simple
pressure field convecting uniformly over the plate in a direction perpendicular to the supports.
Suitable complex mod es are assumed for the induced plate flexural wave motion, and an
energy method is used to estimate the plate response and the radiated sound pow er. The
effect on the plate response of the acoustic loading is taken into account. The influeqce of the
convection velocity (which may be subsonic) and of certain plate paramete rs is investigated.
1. INTRODUCTION
The sound power radiated by vibrating stiffened plate structures is important in aero-
nautical and naval applications. The structures which vibrate are frequently periodic, in
that they can be regarded as an assembly of many identical elements, identically inter-
connected Advantage may be taken of this spatially periodic property to simplify vibra-
tion and acoustic calculations.
It has already been shown [l) that plates which are stiffened periodically can radiate
sound when they are excited by a subsonic convected pressure field. The response of the
simpler periodic plates can be obtained in a closed form [2] provided the acoustic loading
on the plate does not significantly affect the plate response. In that case, the radiated sound
power can be reliably estimated. However, when the effect of acoustic loading on the
response is significant, the closed form solution is inapplicable. A special series form can
then be used, and Pujara [3,4] has introduced a series of “space harm onics” for this pur-
pose. However, he found that up to eleven terms were required in the series to provide
adequate convergence.
In a recent paper [S] the authors showed that the response of periodic beam s to convected
pressure fields can be predicted quite accurately by an energy method in which a suitably
chosen app roximate mode of wave motion is used. The space-averaged energy of vibration
was predicted surprisingly accurately. It is the purpose of the present paper to use the
same method to predict the sound power radiated by such a system. The energy method
used makes it particularly simple to include the effects of fluid (acoustic) loading in the
response and radiated power estimation.
tThh work was carriedout when the second
author was on
study leave as a Commonw ealth Scholar at the
Institute of Sound and Vibration Research , University of Southam pton, Southam pton,
England.
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The system considered is an infinite uniform plate, with a single set of equi-spaced
elastic line-supports which make the plate into a periodic structure. A harmonic (and sub-
sequently a random) pressure field of plane w aves convects across the plate in a direction
perpendicular to the line-supports. The theoretical analysis of the radiated sound is
developed, and computed results are presented to show how the radiated sound pow er
varies with both frequency and convection velocity of the pressure field. Attention is con-
centrated only on the first free-wave propagation band of the periodic system. For the case
of the random pressure field (assum ed to have a frozen pattern) the average power radiated
from the whole of this propagation band is considered.
The results are compared with the sound power radiated by the plate as calculated in the
following ways
:
(4
W
(c)
by using the method of this paper, but estimating the plate response in the absence
of acoustic radiation dam ping; the response so calculated is then used to calculate a
radiated sound power
;
by using the closed form solution for the plate response [2], again w ith acoustic
radiation dam ping in the response ca lculation neglected; the sound power radiated
by this plate motion is then calculated;
by using the method of space harmo nics [3, 41 to estimate the plate respon se, full
account being taken of the acoustic radiation dam ping in the response calcula-
tion; the sound pow er radiated by this motion is then calculated and is the most
accurate value which can be determined-its accuracy is limited only by the numb er
of terms used in the space harmonics series.
2. SOUN D RADIATION FROM THE INFINITE PERIODIC PLATE
The plate to be considered is infinite in both x and y directions. The infinite set of identical,
uniform elastic line suppo rts lies in the y direction at the x-wise interval 1. The transverse
stiffness of these supports is
k
per unit length and the rotational stiffness is
k,
per unit
length (see Figure 1).
A harmon ic, plane pressure field convects across the plate in the x direction at frequency
o and convection velocity cP. The local pressure is independent of y and is expressed by
p(x, t) = pOeiCo r- pX),
(1)
where the wave-number, kp, is ojc,,.
,Support I lrveS
Rototlonal stiffness,
k per unit length
Tronslot~onal stiffness,
k per unit
length
Figure 1. Diagram of the periodically stiffened plate.
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The plate displacem ent, w(x, t), generated by this pressure will also be independent of y,
and w ill be expressed by
w(x, t) = W(x) ei@,
(2)
where x is measured from the left-hand support of one of the plate bays. W (x) is in general
a complex function.
Since all the plate bays are identical, and are subjected to the same exciting pressure
field, the responses in all bays mu st be identical apart from a phase difference. In fact
w(x + 1, ) = w(x, t) eeikpr.
(3)
This latter property, which applies to all adjacent pairs of bays, makes it possible to
expand the whole displacemen t pattern w(x, t)
(- co < x < + co) in
this series of space-
harmonics:
w(x, t) = +f wi ei(wr-kjx),
(4)
where
j=-m _
kj = kp + 2jz/l, mj = f
f
’ W x)e”p dx.
(%6)
0
A full justification for this particular series is given in the Appendix. The non-sinusoidal
wave motion
W x)
has been decomposed into sinusoidal components so that the fluid
loading effects on the motion can be readily analysed. To do this, use is made of the simple
relationship between the acoustic rad iation pressure an d the amp litude of the sinusoidal
wave motion which is causing it:
&ad, x, r) =
iopc
J1 _ (kj,k)2
~je (m -k x ,
(7)
where
k
is the wave-num ber of free acoustic wave motion in the adjacent acoustic medium .
k = o/c where c is the speed of sound.) The total sound pressure acting at any point due to
all such components is
P&(XP , = ‘c”
iwpc
W ei ot -
kg
j=-a,
Jl
- k/k )’ ’
’
(8)
The total sound power radiated by the ‘plate c&r be shown to be equal to the sum of the
powers radiated by each component wave on its own. Each of these is given by
pbx, t w~Tx, 0 dx
per un it area of the plate, where wT(x, r) is the complex conjugate of the ith component of
the plate wave-displacemen t, and Re stands for “real part of” . Evaluating the integral, and
summ ing over all the wave compon ents, gives the total power radiated per unit area as
n(w) =
Re y -
1 pcwz 1wj 12
j=-a2
Jl - kJk)”
3.
THE EQUATIONS OF PLATE MOTION INCLUDING
SOUND RADIATION EFFE CTS
(10)
The plate displacement, W x), is governed by the usual fourth order differential equation
of motion When the external pressure fluctuation p(x, t) (equation (1)) and the acoustic
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radiation pressure P,,~(x> t) are included in this. it becom es
where
D
is the flexural rigidity of the plate, Eh3/1 2(
I -~ v’), h
is the plate thickness, r is
Poisson’s ratio, 9 is the loss factor of the plate and m is the mass per unit area of the plate,
equal to P,,,~,
h. Wj is given by equation (6).
As in reference [5], an approxim ate solution is sought for this equation. and the Galerkin
metho d is used.
W x)
is express ed in terms of a series of suitable approxim ate comp lex
mod es each of which satisfies certain “wave-boundary” conditions approp riate to the
periodic nature of the system and its external loading. These m odes and boundary conditions
have been fully discussed in the previous paper [5]. The sth such modal displacement func-
tion is denoted by ,f’,(s) so that
W(x) =
1 5 4,.f,(-e tm
s=l
qs is the non-dimensional amplitude of the sth mode . It is convenient now to introduce the
non-dimensional co-ord inate, 5, given by
< = (2x/1) - 1)
(13)
which has its origin at the centre of the bay between adjacent support lines. Other non-
dimensional quantities are introduced as follows:
non-dimensional frequency, Sz = w12 m/D )’ l.
14a)
non-dimensional convection velocity, CV ’ =
cpl(m/D)', (14b)
non-dimensional sound velocity, SV = ~l(m,D) ~,
(14C)
non-dimensional pressure loading, P =
po13/D,
(14d)
non-dimensional density of the acoustic medium, p = /)air//pp,a,ch,
14e)
non-dimensional rotational supp ort stiffness, tiI =
kJD,
l4fl
non-dimensional translational supp ort stiffness, K = k,13/D.
14N
The virtual work metho d may now be used to set up the equations for the qr’s, by substi-
tuting equation (12) into equation (ll), m ultiplying throughou t by @* *j’:(c) (v = I to N
in turn) and integrating over one comp lete bay length, i.e., from 5 = - 1 to 5 = + 1. Tw o
additional terms must be added into the equations to allow for the virtual work of the trans-
verse and rotational constraints at one end of the bay (at 5 = + 1 say). After suitable non-
dimensionalization, the following set of simultaneous equations is obtained for the ql’s:
[K_ - Q2Mry + i&SV s)Cr,]jq~) = F’fQI). 15)
where
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16b)
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Q, = f
s
+’ e-‘%/2mf: d,
-I
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(164
These terms may be identified, respectively, as the non-dimensiona l stiffness mas s, acoustic
dam ping and exciting force corresponding to the rth generalized co-ordinate. The primes on
the j’s in & denote differentiation with respect to 5.
The total sound power radiated per unit area of the surface is
Re {(12/2)&:*J
[C,1{4,)).
074
In the special case when only one mode, qrfr, is allowed to participate in the motion, this
reduces to
Re {(12/2)~c(41 12C,,) = (021’/2)pc(q1 I2 Re(C,,).
(17b)
This may be expressed in non-dimen sional form as shown below. When evaluated for
unit value of the loading parameter,
P ,
it may be called the sound power admittance func-
tion, defined by
Y(8) =
22pSV/q, I2
Re(C,,).
(18)
Now suppose the external pressure field is varying randomly, instead of harmonically,
and is convecting as frozen free waves in the x-direction. Let the corresponding power
spectral density of the loading p arameter be S,(dl). The non-dimen sional time-averaged
sound power radiated is then given by
00 =
s
m S,(G)P(62) da.
(19)
0
4. FREQU ENCY BANDS OF RADIATION
If the external pressu re field convects over the infinite periodic plate at a subso nic velocity
sound will not be radiated at all frequencies. Those wave components of equation (4) whose
respective wave-nu mbers are greater in mag nitude than the acoustic wave numb er
k = o /c )
cannot radiate sou nd On the other hand from those compon ents for which
k , < o/c ,
sound crm be radiated. Now k j = k , + 2 j n / l = o / c ,, + 2 j n f l . Hence for sound to be radiated
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-w/c < w/cP + 2jx/l c w/c.
(20)
When the convection velocity cP is less than c, this inequality can only be satisfied by certain
negative values ofj over certain frequency ranges. The upper and lower bounds of frequency
for a particular j are
In nondimensional form these are
@la, b)
It will be seen later that the sound power radiated in the first radiating band is much greater
than tha t in the subsequen t band s. Table 1 shows the frequency band s of radiation for a
periodically supported plate with several different convection velocities CV and with
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Sli = 10.
It may be noted that for C‘V = 4 and 6, ,R,, __
Sdy,,so that two adjacent frequency
radiation bands are overlapping. Note also from equations (21a) and (21b) that L?,, = QU ,
at CV = Sk’/3, so that two adjacent radiation bands are just touching.
TABLE 1
Upper und lower firquenq hounds cfrudiution bands; SV = IO
Convection
velocity,
cv
___~ ~_~~~
2
4
6
20
+1
f4 Q”
No radiation
No radiation
No radiation
40n cc
-
Value ofj
0
-1
-2
.____
Ql Qu 0, QY
Q, Qu
No radiation
lOn/3 5n 20ni3 10n
No radiation 4&c/7 40n/3 8Oz/7 8&I/3
No radiation 1 h/2
30n
157I 60~
0 x 4on/3 x, 80x13 x
When the convection velocity is supersonic,
CV > SV
and the condition for sound to be
radiated is satisfied for all values of Q for j = 0. For other values of j (both + ve and - ve)
there will be frequency bands o f radiation starting at particular frequencies and extending
up to infinity. Table 1 show s one such example, with CV = 20.
5. CALCULATIONS PERFORMED
Com puter calculations have been carried out for the sound pow er radiated from a plate
on transversely rigid supports (k,
-+ m) but with rotational constraints of K = 4. The plate
loss factor has been taken as r~ = 0 .1, and the density ratio as p = 0.1. A single approxim ate
mod e has been a llowed and this has been chosen in the same w ay as in reference [S] for
substitution into equations (16a-d). N ote that with transversely rigid supports, f,(l) = 0
and the term involving K: in Krs (equation (16a)) becom es zero.
The sound pow er admittance function has been calculated for a range o f non-dimensional
frequencies, Q = 8 to 24. In the first place, three different values of the convection velocity
param eter have been considered: 0’ = 2. 4, 16. The sound velocity pa rameter, SI has
been taken to be 10. Nine terms in the series for C, 1
(j = -4 to + 4) were found to give
satisfactory convergence.
Altogether four different metho ds have been used to comp ute the sound radiation, with
varying degree s of approximation:
(4
(b)
(4
(4
the principal metho d of this paper, as embod ied in equations (15), (16) and (18);
acou stic radiation is fully taken into accou nt in determining the 4,‘s;
an approxim ate form of this metho d, with the acoustic radiation terms Cls in equation
(15)
for the response neglected ;
a metho d involving calculation of the exact, closed form solution for the plate response,
with acoustic radiation neglected; the sound po wer radiated by this motion has then
been comp uted by using equation (10);
the metho d of space harmonics to calculate both the plate response and radiated
sound po wer, with acoustic radiation fully included in the response calculation and
eleven terms used in the space harmonic series.
Calculations have also been made of the total sound pow er radiated by the plate when
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RADIATION
PROM PERIODIC
PLATE
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excited by a random pressure field, convecting as frozen plane waves in the xdirection.
The pressure loading spectrum has been assigned a unit value over the frequency range
8 < 62 < 24, and zero outside this range. The first free-wave pro pagation zone of the periodic
plate lies well within the range P =
8 to 24, and so the range in which large plate responses
are generated is well covered. Accordingly, computer calculations of (L > given by equation
(19) have been carried out, with S,(0) = 10 and the lower and upper limits of integration
taken as 8 and 24 respectively.
The computer results are presented in Figures 2-4. Figures 2(a), (b) and (c) show the
sound power ad mittance function as calculated by the four different methods. Figure 3
shows the time-averaged random radiated power for the range of convection velocities
CV = 1 to 10 0 and for r) = 0.1. Figures 4(a), (b) and (c) show similar results for other values
of q (OXQO .25 and O-10)and with a different value of the density ratio p
(=
O-05).
6. DISCUSSION OF RESULTS
Figures 2(a), (b) and (c) compare the sound power radiated, as computed by the four
different methods. The method of space harmon ics is undoubtedly the most accurate, and
the values computed from it constitute the standard against which the other approxim ate
values sho uld be judged.
There is close agreement between the space harmonic values and the values obtained
from the principal method of this paper, even when the external pressure field convects at
subsonic velocities. The one exception occurs in the frequency range around 62 = 22 to 23
when CV = 2 (Figure 2(a)). In this range, the pressure field excites a wave with several
half-wave lengths between ad jacent supports. The simple polynomial mode chosen to
represent the plate motion cannot well represent such a mode. Notice, how ever, that the
scale of the radiated sound power for this frequency range is much smaller than for the
lower frequency range, so that the actual so und power radiated is of second or third order
proportions.
When the sound power is computed after neglecting acoustic radiation in the response
calculation, the values obtained are generally greater than those found by including
acoustic radiation. Indeed, at some frequencies (acoustic coincidence frequencies) the radia-
ted sound power calculated in this way approaches intinity, whereas it drops to xero if
acoustic radiation is included (see Figure 2(b)). Away from these coincidence frequencies the
difference is small, but this is due to the relatively large value of structural dam ping used in
the calculation (q = @l). With much smaller v alues of structural dam ping, of course, the
neglect of acoustic radiation in the response calculation leads to increasing inaccuracy in
the response and sound power calculation.
When a random pressure field convects over the plate at different convection velocities,
the mean sound power radiated is as shown in Figure 3. Notice the two distinct ranges
into which the figure divides. The sound velocity parameter is 10, so that pressure fields
with convection velocities of 10 and m ore are expected to cause large radiation. This is seen
to be the case, but there a lso exists a lower an d narrow convection velocity range in which
sound is radiated (centred on CV x 4). This is the range of maxim um plate response, but
the plate radiates very inefficiently in the particular frequency band co nsidered (8 < D < 24).
No sound power is radiated if CV lies between 6 and 10, since the frequency radiation
band s corresponding to these velocities do not begin until 0 > 24 (see Table 1) and the
calculated sound power shown on Figure 3 is for the frequency range from Q = 8 to 24.
Figure 3 does not display any results from the space harmonic method. Figures 2(a), @)
and (c) show such close agreement between the space harmonic method and the principal
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/ / I
b)
Non-d~mensmal frequency, i-l
Figure 2. The sound power admittance function vs. non-dimensional frequency 0, for a plate with x, = 4,
K, + co, q = 0.1, jj = 0.1,
SV = 10. --o--
Principal method of this paper; A, present method, but with effect
of acoustic damping on response neglected;
-, closed form solution for response, with effect ofacoustic damping
on response neglected; A, space harmonic method. a) CV = 2; b) CV = 4; c) CV = 16.
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I
I
5
IO
50
Convect ion ve loc i ty . CV
0
Figure 3. Average sound power radiated by the plate when subjected to a from& random pressure field moving at
different convection velocities, CK Plate characteristics and figure legends as for Figure 2.
I-
‘I _
.2 _
-5 _
.
I I
1
5 IO
50 1
I I
I
:b
P
I
5
I I
I
5
IO
50
Convect ion ve loc i ty . CY
r
I I
I
c)
I I
I
5
IO
50 lo
Fire 4. Avera& sound power radiated by the plate when subjected to a frozen, random pressure field moving
at di%kent convection velocities, CV.
K, =
4,
K,
+ co, p = O-05, SY = 10. Figure legends aa for Figure 2. (a) q =
O-02; b) q = 010; (c) q = 0.25.
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method of this paper that no difference would be perceived on Figure 3 between the mean
sound pow ers calculated by both m ethods. On the other han d, the sound power ca lculated
by neglecting acoustic radiation in the response calculation is seen in Figure 3 to be appre-
ciably greater than the power calculated by including acoustic radiation. This is seen more
clearly still in Figure 4(a) where the plate structural dam ping is much smaller (17= 0.02)
but the difference decreases as the structural dam ping increases (see Figures 4(b) and 4(c).
with q = 0.10 and 0.25 respectively). Figures 4(a), (b) and (c), relate to a less dense acoustic
medium (p = 0.05) and this feature also leads to a smaller difference between the sound
power calculated in these two ways (cf. Figure 3 with Figure 4(b), between which the only
difference is in the densitv of the acoustic medium ).
Mo st of the figures show close agreement between the results from the two approximate
methods (b) and (c), in which aco ustic radiation is neglected in the response calculations.
This shows that the approximate mode chosen for the energy analysis is a good approx i-
mation to the exact mode yielded by the closed form solution. The disadvantage of these
methods is that they lead to gross over-estimates of the sound power radiated close to
acoustic coincidence conditions, and to lesser over-estimates when the structural dam ping
is low. There is no advantage to be gained in using method (b) instead of the principal
method (a) of this paper, as the inclusion of acoustic radiation effects in method (a) consti-
tutes a negligible increase in comp utational effort. There could be some advantage in
using method (c) in the higher frequency propagation bands , when the mode given by the
closed form solution (but in the absence of acoustic radiation effects) may be more accurate
than the approximate modes w hich have to be chosen.
7. CONCLUSIONS
Simple, approximate complex modes can be used in an energy method to compute quite
accurate values of the sound pow er rad iated from a periodic supported plate. The method
allows the effects of acoustic radiation to be included in the response analysis. The sound
power radiated in the first propagation zone of the plate excited by a convected pressure
field can be computed surprisingly accurately by using a single approximate well-chosen
mode. The method has been demonstrated for a periodic plate with uniform plate bays,
but is applicable also to periodic plates with non-uniform bays.
It has been demo nstrated that the periodic plate can radiate sound even though the
existing pressure field convects over the plate at subsonic velocities. In such cases, sound is
only radiated in discrete frequency band s.
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APPENDIX: FORM AL JUSTIFICATION FOR THE SPACE HARM ONIC SERIES
Let the x-wise leng th of the infinite pe riodic plate be written in the form L = lim nl,
n-ral
where
1 s
the distance between adjacent support-lines. The transverse d isplacement of the
plate under a convected harmonic pressure field may be written a s
w(x, r) = W(x) e”O’.
(Al)
The complex displacem ent function W(x) may be decomposed into a structural wave-
numb er spectrum given by
F(k,) =
s
L
W(x) eikxx dx,
W)
0
where k, is the wave-number. As usual, one can write
f
L
W(x) =
W(k,) ebikG
dk,.
0
(A3)
The spectral density of the displacement (in the wave-num ber domain) is
SJkJ = lim
(
W(kJI’/L.
L-m
(A4)
Now equation (A2) can be written as
s
(r+ 1)1
W(x)ei kr ” dx + . +
W (x) ei kxX x +
r l 1
(A3
Now the response of any bay of the periodic plate to a convected harmonic pressure field is
identical to that of the previous bay apart from a phase difference of s =
(3).) Hence
-
kJ. (See
equation
s
21
s
1
I, =
w(x) eikn’ = e-W
W(z) ikk+r) dz (where z = x - Z)
1 0
= eWz-kp)l
I
1
W(z) ik xz
z = e*‘Z,,
(A@
0
where 8 =
(kX
kJ1. Similarly, one can show that I,
= eiZeZ, and that Z
I
= ei(r-l)eZ
1’
Hence, from equation (A5),
FV(kJ = ,‘~KI (1/27r)Zi(l - e’“ B)/(l - e?}.
(A7)
Substituting this into equation (A4) one obtains
S,(kJ =
lim {(l/nZ)~(1/2a)Z,(l - e’“ B)/(l - ei”)12}.
n-00
(Ag)
It can easily be seen from this equation that
S,(kJ = 0
unless eie = 1; i.e., it only has non-
zero values for those values of k , for which eie = 1. This means that 0 = f2jlt (where j is
any integer), and
kX k, f 2j n/l.
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With the se discrete values o f kX I = k,, say), the integral of equation (A3) can be rewritten as
+ClI
where
W(x) = c TVj,Ck”
1A10)
.j= -a,
Wi
W(x) eikJ.r
x.
0
(Al
1)
Finally, equation (Al) can be expres sed in the form
W(X , ) = +i Wj e”“’ k,xt,
j= -41
(Al2)
wh ere Vj is given by equation (All). Equation (A12) is the series of “space harmonics”
used in this paper, and previously used by Me ad and Pujara [4].