Free vibration analysis of stiffened plates using finite difference method

Free vibration characteristics of rectangular stiffened plates having a single stiffener have been examined by using the finite difference method. A variational technique has been used to minimize the total energy of the stiffened plate and the derivatives appearing in the energy functional are replaced by finite difference equations. The energy functional is minimized with respect to discretized displacement components and natural frequencies and mode shapes of the stiffened plate have been determined as the solutions of a linear algebraic eigenvalue problem. The analysis takes into consideration inplane deformation of the plate and the stiffener and the effect of inplane inertia on the natural frequencies and mode shapes. The effect of the ratio of stiffener depth to plate thickness on the natural frequencies of the stiffened plate has also been examined.     

Radiation efficiency of submerged rectangular plates

The average radiation efficiency of point-excited submerged rectangular plates is investigated in two methods, deterministic analysis and statistical approach, respectively. In the deterministic analysis, the effect of mutual impedance by water loading on the velocity of the plate is illustrated analytically by using a modal summation method. The cross-modal contributions to the average radiation efficiency are averaged to zero by averaging over all possible excitation positions on the plate. In the statistical approach, by analyzing the engineering formulae of the average radiation efficiency in air, this paper modifies the formulae to be applicable in water. The numerical comparisons show that the modified formulae reflect the average level in the frequency region controlled by corner modes and are accurate enough in the region controlled by monopole and edge modes. On this basis, approximate expressions for predicting the average radiation efficiency of the submerged beam-stiffened rectangular plates are proposed. The main differences between air loading and water loading are considered. Firstly, as dry modes taken in analysis instead of real vibration modes in water, the vibration of the stiffened plate is not only determined by the first mode but by several modes simultaneously at low frequencies. Secondly, the “corner mode region” becomes inappropriate as the plate is stiffened. The proposed formulae are validated numerically in different size, thickness, and stiffener amount of the stiffened plate.     

一种分析周期加筋板声辐射的高效方法

为了研究周期加筋板的声辐射特性,建立了一种计算水中周期加筋板在简谐点力作用下的远场辐射声压的高效方法。该方法借助于傅里叶变换法只要先将耦合系统的声振方程,加强筋的弯曲和扭转运动方程,声学波动方程和耦合边界条件转换到波数域中,联合求解得到一组关于平板横向位移的无限大耦合代数方程组,再将该方程组截断成有限大小由数值方法求出波数域中的位移响应,便可结合稳相法得到远场辐射声压。与现有方法给出的结果对比发现二者完全吻合,验证了本文方法的有效性;通过数值方法研究了激励力位置、板厚,加强筋间距和宽度对周期加筋板声辐射特性的影响,得到了具有实际意义的结论。      

Vibrations of rectangular plates reinforced by any number of beams of arbitrary lengths and placement angles

This paper presents an analytical method for the vibration analysis of plates reinforced by any number of beams of arbitrary lengths and placement angles. Both the plate and stiffening beams are generally modeled as three-dimensional (3-D) structures having six displacement components at a point, and the coupling at an interface is generically described by a set of distributed elastic springs. Each of the displacement functions is here invariably expressed as a modified Fourier series, which consists of a standard Fourier cosine series plus several supplementary series/functions used to ensure and improve uniform convergence of the series representation. Unlike most existing techniques, the current method offers a unified solution to the vibration problems for a wide spectrum of stiffened plates, regardless of their boundary conditions, coupling conditions, and reinforcement configurations. Several numerical examples are presented to validate the methodology and demonstrate the effect on modal parameters for a stiffened plate with various boundary conditions, coupling conditions, and reinforcement configurations.     

Geometrically nonlinear dynamic response of stiffened plates with moving boundary conditions

An approach is presented to investigate the nonlinear vibration of stiffened plates. A stiffened plate is divided into one plate and some stiffeners, with the plate considered to be geometrically nonlinear, and the stiffeners taken as Euler beams. Lagrange equation and modal superposition method are used to derive the dynamic equilibrium equations of the stiffened plate according to energy of the system. Besides, the effect caused by boundary movement is transformed into equivalent excitations. The first approximation solution of the non-resonance is obtained by means of the method of multiple scales. The primary parametric resonance and primary resonance of the stiffened plate are studied by using the same method. The accuracy of the method is validated by comparing the results with those of finite element analysis via ANSYS. Numerical examples for different stiffened plates are presented to discuss the steady response of the non-resonance and the amplitude-frequency relationship of the primary parametric resonance and primary resonance. In addition, the analysis on how the damping coefficients and the transverse excitations influence amplitude-frequency curves is also carried out. Some nonlinear vibration characteristics of stiffened plates are obtained, which are useful for engineering design.     

Wavenumber space and physical space responses of a periodically ribbed plate to a point drive: A discrete approach

An efficient technique to estimate the vibration of and sound radiation from a stiffened fluid-loaded plate excited by a mechanical point force is presented. The process is based on the formulation in the wavenumber domain of the transversal displacement of the plate and of the acoustic pressure in the fluid domain. Analytical expressions can be easily obtained for these fields in the case of an infinite plate with stiffeners uniformly spaced. The approach consists then on using the discrete Fourier Transform to deduce the associated fields in the physical space. This transform necessitates truncation of the wavenumber domain and sampling of these wavenumber fields with adequate criterions to avoid loss of information and aliasing. These criterions are discussed in this paper concerning displacement point results on the plate and pressure point results in a part of the fluid domain “close to” the plate. This technique requires relatively small computing time and provides an efficient tool to analyse the vibro-acoustic behaviour of the stiffened plate, both, in the physical and the wavenumber spaces. A comparison between a case discussed in the literature and some examples are presented to illustrate the validity and interests of this approach.     

流体加载下加肋板结构的声辐射特性研究

本文采用有限元和边界元方法对加肋板结构的声辐射进行了计算分析,研究分析了加肋板结构的板厚、板面积、板边长比、肋骨惯性矩和间距、边界条件以及板材和流体介质等对结构辐射声功率的影响,得到了一些有意义的结论,从而为揭示加板结构声辐射规律,降低结构的声辐射提供了一定的依据。     

Vibration of tapered Mindlin plates in terms of static Timoshenko beam functions

In this paper, the free vibrations of rectangular Mindlin plates with variable thickness in one or two directions are investigated. The thickness variation of the plate is continuous and can be represented by a power function of the rectangular co-ordinates. A wide range of tapered rectangular plates can be described by giving various index values to the power function. Two sets of new admissible functions are developed, respectively, to approximate the flexural displacement and the angle of rotation due to bending of the plate. The eigenfrequency equation is obtained by using the Rayleigh-Ritz method. The complete solutions of displacement and angle of rotation due to bending for a tapered Timoshenko beam (a strip taken from the tapered Mindlin plate in some direction) under a Taylor series of static load have been derived, which are used as the admissible functions of the rectangular Mindlin plates with taper thickness in one or two directions. Unlike conventional admissible functions which are independent of the thickness variation of the plate, the static Timoshenko beam functions presented in this paper are closely connected with the thickness variation of the plate so that higher accuracy and more rapid convergence can be expected. Some numerical results are furnished for both truncated Mindlin plates and sharp-ended Mindlin plates. On the basis of convergence study and comparison with available results in literature, it is shown that the first few eigenfrequencies can be obtained with quite satisfactory accuracy by using only a small number of terms of the static Timoshenko beam functions.     

高效半解析方法分析周期正交加筋板的振动-声辐射特性

为了对水下无穷大双周期正交加筋板结构模型在简谐面力激励下的振动响应及声辐射特性进行更为合理的理论预测与分析,建立了加筋板结构的数学模型。结合傅里叶变换、泊松迭加公式及空间波数法,将周期加筋板的振动响应及辐射声压表达为关于结构位移谐波分量的函数方程,对加筋板模型提出了高效分析求解方法并进行了谐波分量截断求解。验证了方法的正确性,并分析了结构的振动特性以及加强筋周期间距和扭矩对辐射声压的影响。结果表明,加强筋的扭转作用影响加筋板结构的振动模态频率,对于较高精度要求的工程应用,加强筋的扭转作用不能忽略。通过调节加强筋周期间距及横截面尺寸,可以降低薄板在较低频域区间的远场辐射声压。      

正交加筋板声透射的板梁理论模型研究

为了研究正交加筋板的声透射问题,基于经典薄板和梁振动理论,建立了正交加筋板声透射的板梁理论模型。首先通过分析加强筋的受迫弯曲和扭转运动,求得了平板和加强筋线接触之间的反力和反力矩,然后将其引入到平板振动控制方程中,得到了正交加筋板声振方程,最后采用空间谐波展开法求解该方程得到了传声损失的表达式;在此基础上,首先研究了无限大平板和单向加筋的隔声性能,通过与解析解及两种简化模型的计算结果作对比,验证了所建理论模型的有效性;并进一步研究了加筋形式对正交加筋板隔声性能的影响。结果表明:选择合适的加筋形式可以有效避开结构的隔声波谷。      

Smearing technique for vibration analysis of simply supported cross-stiffened and doubly curved thin rectangular shells

Plates stiffened with ribs can be modeled as equivalent homogeneous isotropic or orthotropic plates. Modeling such an equivalent smeared plate numerically, say, with the finite element method requires far less computer resources than modeling the complete stiffened plate. This may be important when a number of stiffened plates are combined in a complicated assembly composed of many plate panels. However, whereas the equivalent smeared plate technique is well established and recently improved for flat panels, there is no similar established technique for doubly curved stiffened shells. In this paper the improved smeared plate technique is combined with the equation of motion for a doubly curved thin rectangular shell, and a solution is offered for using the smearing technique for stiffened shell structures. The developed prediction technique is validated by comparing natural frequencies and mode shapes as well as forced responses from simulations based on the smeared theory with results from experiments with a doubly curved cross-stiffened shell. Moreover, natural frequencies of cross-stiffened panels determined by finite element simulations that include the exact cross-sectional geometries of panels with cross-stiffeners are compared with predictions based on the smeared theory for a range of different panel curvatures. Good agreement is found.     

基于波数域直接求解法的正交加筋板声辐射研究

为了研究正交加筋板的声辐射问题,基于波数域直接求解法,建立了研究正交加筋板声辐射特性的理论模型。先利用傅里叶变换法求解周期结构的声振理论模型,得到波数域中关于结构响应的无限大耦合代数方程组,采用数值方法将其截断成有限项求解,结合稳相法便可快速获得远场辐射声压。该方法对单向和正交加筋板的预测结果与现有文献中的理论结果取得了良好的吻合,验证了理论模型的准确性和可靠性;并进一步通过数值算例研究了作用点位置,加强筋间距及平板厚度对结构声辐射特性的影响。      

Free vibration of plated structures by grillage method

Free vibration of plated structures such as plates, stiffened plates and cellular structures are analysed by the grillage method. The accuracy of the method is assessed by comparing with published results and those of the finite element method. Reasonably good results are obtained by the grillage method, which is less demanding on computer time and thus reduces the cost of analysis substantially. By using the grillage method the influence of the number of stiffeners in a stiffened plate and the number of webs in a cellular structure on the vibration characteristics of plated structures is investigated.     

Improvements of the smearing technique for cross-stiffened thin rectangular plates

New developments in the simplified smearing technique for modeling vibrations of cross-stiffened, thin rectangular plates are presented. The computationally efficient smearing technique has been known for many years, but so far the accuracy of, say, predicted natural frequencies has been inadequate. The reason is that only the stiffeners at a right angle to the axis of angular motion are taken into account when calculating the bending stiffness, whereas the stiffeners that are parallel to this axis of angular motion are neglected. To improve predictions, the parallel stiffeners are taken into account in this paper. The improved smearing technique results in better accuracy for predicted natural frequencies of flat stiffened plates, as demonstrated for both simply supported and clamped boundary conditions. The improved prediction accuracy is demonstrated by comparing results from a numerical model based on the current development with results from finite element (FE) simulations that include the exact cross-sectional geometries of the stiffened panel. In order to demonstrate applications of the improved smearing technique, the predicted forced response is compared with both experimental and FE results. Another improvement concerns the orientation of the stiffeners. The original smearing technique presupposes that the stiffeners are parallel to the edges of the plate, but simple considerations make it possible to relax this requirement. To test the validity of the resulting technique a series of plates are examined for stiffeners angled relative to the plate edges.     

Noise reduction analysis for a stiffened finite plate

This paper presents an analytical solution for the vibration and acoustic responses of a finite stiffened plate that is covered with decoupling layers and subjected to external excitation. The theory of elasticity is used for the decoupling layer, and the stiffened plate is modeled by the plate theory and Euler–Bernoulli beam equation. Equations are constructed by the boundary conditions at the plate/coating and coating/fluid interfaces. The problem can be solved by the proposed method in this paper. Test verification shows that a good correlation exists between theoretical and test results. Thus, the theoretical study in this paper is correct. Numerical results show that shear waves insignificantly affect the structural vibration level difference (VR) under low frequencies. The noise reduction of the stiffened plate covered with decoupling layers is greatly influenced by the decoupling layer loss factor. A failure region of the vibration level difference is present in the low frequency band of the decoupling layer. Furthermore, the thickness of the decoupling layer significantly affects noise reduction.     

ON THE FREE VIBRATION OF STIFFENED SHALLOW SHELLS

A finite element analysis for free vibration behaviour of doubly curved stiffened shallow shells is presented. The stiffened shell element is obtained by the appropriate combinations of the eight-/nine-node doubly curved isoparametric thin shallow shell element with the three-node curved isoparametric beam element. The shell types examined are the elliptic and hyperbolic paraboloids, the hypar and the conoidal shells. The accuracy of the formulation is established by comparing some of the authors' results of specific problems with those available in the literature. Numerical results of additional stiffened shells are also presented to study the effects of various parameters of shells and stiffeners such as orientation (i.e., along x -/y -/both x and y directions), type (concentric, eccentric at top and eccentric at bottom) and number of stiffeners, stiffener depth to shell thickness ratio, and aspect ratio, shallowness and boundary conditions of shells on free vibration characteristics.     

Efficient semi-analytical methods for the vibration response of and acoustic radiation from a periodical orthogonally rib-stiffened plate

In order to theoretically predict and analyze the vibration response and acoustic radiation characteristics of a periodical orthogonally rib-stiffened plate,its vibro-acoustic equations of an underwater infinite model are established.The rib-stiffened plate is stimulated by a harmonic plane pressure.By using the Fourier transforms,Poisson's summation formula and space harmonic method,the structural vibration response and acoustic radiation pressure are expressed as functions of displacement harmonic components.Efficient semi-analytical methods are proposed in this work,and then approximate solutions for finite terms of the harmonic components are obtained by employing the truncation technique.Effects of the vibration response,rib spacing and torsional moment of the ribs on the radiation pressure are examined,and the validity of the present methods is also verified.Theoretical results show that the torsional moment of the ribs affects the modal frequencies of the stiffened plate,which should not be neglected in engineering applications with high precision requirement.With attachment of the ribs to the thin plate,its far field radiation pressure can be reduced in the low frequency range by adjusting rib spacing and cross sectional size of the ribs.     

The interaction of the S0 Lamb mode with vertical cracks in an aluminium plate

This article presents the interaction of the first symmetric Lamb mode S0 with vertical cracks in an aluminium plate placed in vacuum. The cracks are symmetrical regarding to the median plane of the plate and their heights are increasing from 0% to 100% of the plate thickness, by steps of 25%. The frequency-thickness product is chosen to be lower than the S1 frequency cut-off. A modal decomposition method is used to solve the diffraction problem. The variation with the height of the crack of the reflection and transmission coefficients of modes propagating in the far field is predicted. The displacement fields at both sides of the cracks are also calculated, so that it is possible to quantify the crack-opening displacement. These results are compared to numerical predictions obtained using a finite element software. Measurements are also conducted and compared to the predictions.     

湍流激励下柔性层贴敷加筋板自噪声的特征机理

为了研究湍流激励下柔性层贴敷加筋板自噪声的特征机理,基于湍流边界层壁面脉动压力功率谱模型、周期加筋板弯曲运动方程和固体波动方程以及力平衡与位移连续边界条件,建立了湍流边界层壁面脉动压力激励下柔性层贴敷单向周期加筋板的振动及内噪声物理模型。研究发现:橡胶外贴时对湍流激励下壳板的减振降噪主要依靠橡胶的厚度模态振动。无筋时,橡胶层外贴板较无橡胶贴敷板,主要降低湍流脉动压力的水动力学成分所致结构自噪声,距壳板0.05m时,声压降幅小于3 dB,橡胶外贴加筋板相对于加筋板,对湍流激励结构自噪声的降低基本涵盖整个波数域,距壳板0.7 m处,声压降幅仍然在20 dB左右。肋骨横截面高度或宽度每增大1倍,壳板肋骨处加速度自功率谱级降低3 dB,非肋骨处加速度及板内侧声压自功率谱则基本不变,肋骨间距改变对壳板加速度响应及板内侧声压自功率谱级皆无显著影响。      

Vibro-acoustic response of orthogonally stiffened panels: The effects of finite dimensions

This paper investigates the effects of finite dimensions on the vibro-acoustic response of orthogonally stiffened panels. Three types of excitations are considered: acoustical excitation, point force excitation and random excitation by a turbulent boundary layer. In each case, a spatially windowed periodic model is compared with a Rayleigh-Ritz model where the modes of the un-stiffened panel are used as the basis functions. The latter model accounts for the reflected wave field generated at the boundaries by assuming that the panel is simply supported. On the contrary, the windowed periodic model only accounts for finiteness on sound radiation (the assumption of an infinite periodic structure is used to calculate the panel response). Numerical studies show that when the bending wavelength becomes comparable or smaller than the stiffener spacing, the periodic model is able to reproduce the results obtained with the Rayleigh-Ritz model. To complement the study, the developed models are compared with numerical simulations (finite element method) and with experimental results.