The effect of boundary conditions on sound loudness radiated from rectangular plates

This paper describes the effect of boundary conditions on sound loudness radiated from rectangular plates. Based on the Rayleigh integral, the Zwicker’s loudness model and the dynamic response of the plates, the sound loudness radiated from vibrating plates and the effects of simple support, clamped support and free support on sound loudness are separately studied. The effects of boundary conditions on sound intensity level, sound intensity density and critical-band level are also studied, taking the frequency selectivity of human hearing into account. The transformation from sound intensity level to sound loudness radiated from rectangular plates, due to the frequency-selectivity characteristics of human hearing, is also illustrated.     

Free vibration of composite plates with mixed boundary conditions based on higher-order shear deformation theory

A global higher-order shear deformation theory is devised to obtain the governing equations of composite plates under dynamic excitation. The time-harmonic solution leads to an eigenvalue problem for the natural frequencies of plates. The eigenvalue problem for rectangular plates is converted to a set of homogenous algebraic equations using differential quadrature method. The formulation of the problem allows direct application of various boundary conditions. Therefore, rectangular plates with mixed boundary conditions are also considered. To show the validity of results, the fundamental natural frequencies of composite plates with different boundary conditions and those of isotropic plates with mixed boundary conditions are compared against the results available in the literature.     

Maximum frequency design of laminated plates with mixed boundary conditions

A layerwise optimization (LO) approach is extended to accommodate the finite element analysis for optimizing the free vibration behavior of laminated composite plates with discontinuities along the boundaries. The classical non-conforming finite element is modified to fit into the LO procedure and is used to calculate natural frequencies of symmetrically laminated plates. This combined LO-FEM approach is applied to laminated rectangular plates with combinations of free, simply supported and clamped edges along parts of the plate boundary. The fundamental frequency, an object function for the present study, is maximized by optimizing design variables that are a set of fiber orientation angles in the layers. For illustrative purpose nine examples of square and rectangular plates with various types of mixed boundary conditions are considered, and a comprehensive set of results are presented for the optimum fiber orientation angles and the maximum fundamental frequencies of the 8-layer and 24-layer plates.     

NON-AXISYMMETRIC MIXED BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEM FOR DYNAMIC INTERACTION BETWEEN SATURATED POROUS FOUNDATION AND RECTANGULAR PLATE$^{\bf 1)}$

在同一界面的不同区域具有多种边界条件, 称之为混合边界, 这是一个熟知的力学问题. 对这类问题进行精确分析时, 必须要进行混合边值问题的求解. 而对于一般的三维非轴对称情形, 混合边值问题的求解往往存在数学困难. 本文利用Hilbert定理和双重Fourier变换, 给出了一种求解三维非轴对称混合边值问题的解析方法, 利用该方法对具有混合透水边界的饱和多孔地基上矩形板的振动弯曲进行了解析研究(板与地基接触面为不透水边界, 其余为透水边界). 首先, 基于Kirchhoff理论和Biot多孔介质理论建立矩形板与饱和多孔地基的动力控制方程, 进行耦合求解. 针对板土接触面和非接触面的混合边值问题, 采用双重Fourier变换构造出两对二维对偶积分方程, 以接触应力和接触面孔隙压力为基本未知量, 用Jacobi正交多项式将未知量展开, 再利用Schmidt法对二维对偶积分方程完成求解, 最终推导出板土系统在动力作用下的位移和应力解析式. 通过将本文计算模型退化为单一弹性地基, 与已有研究结果进行对比, 验证了本文方法的正确性和有效性. 最后, 通过数值算例, 对饱和多孔地基上矩形板的动力响应及参数影响做出分析和讨论. 此外, 本文提出的解析法具有一般性, 可广泛应用于复杂接触问题和多场耦合问题的求解.     

饱和多孔地基与矩形板动力相互作用的非轴对称混合边值问题

在同一界面的不同区域具有多种边界条件, 称之为混合边界, 这是一个熟知的力学问题. 对这类问题进行精确分析时, 必须要进行混合边值问题的求解. 而对于一般的三维非轴对称情形, 混合边值问题的求解往往存在数学困难. 本文利用Hilbert定理和双重Fourier变换, 给出了一种求解三维非轴对称混合边值问题的解析方法, 利用该方法对具有混合透水边界的饱和多孔地基上矩形板的振动弯曲进行了解析研究(板与地基接触面为不透水边界, 其余为透水边界). 首先, 基于Kirchhoff理论和Biot多孔介质理论建立矩形板与饱和多孔地基的动力控制方程, 进行耦合求解. 针对板土接触面和非接触面的混合边值问题, 采用双重Fourier变换构造出两对二维对偶积分方程, 以接触应力和接触面孔隙压力为基本未知量, 用Jacobi正交多项式将未知量展开, 再利用Schmidt法对二维对偶积分方程完成求解, 最终推导出板土系统在动力作用下的位移和应力解析式. 通过将本文计算模型退化为单一弹性地基, 与已有研究结果进行对比, 验证了本文方法的正确性和有效性. 最后, 通过数值算例, 对饱和多孔地基上矩形板的动力响应及参数影响做出分析和讨论. 此外, 本文提出的解析法具有一般性, 可广泛应用于复杂接触问题和多场耦合问题的求解.      

Condition of the onset and nonlinear regimes of convection of a three-component isothermal mixture in a porous rectangle under modulation of the concentration gradient

Convection of an isothermal three-component mixture saturating a porous block with a rectangular cross-section is investigated numerically when the concentration gradient of one of the components is modulated about a certain mean value. The shape of the neutral curves separating the growing and decaying disturbances in the amplitude-modulation frequency plane is investigated for various diffusion Rayleigh numbers. The results of calculations based on the linearized and complete systems of equations which describe convection of a mixture in a porous medium are analyzed and compared. The supercritical regimes of concentration convection are studied for steady-state boundary conditions and in the case of a periodic modulation of the concentration gradient of one of the components.     

非均匀Winkler弹性地基上变厚度矩形板自由振动的DTM求解

针对非均匀Winkler弹性地基上变厚度矩形板的自由振动问题,通过一种有效的数值求解方法——微分变换法（DTM）,研究其无量纲固有频率特性。已知变厚度矩形板对边为简支边界条件,其他两边的边界条件为简支、固定或自由任意组合。采用DTM将非均匀Winkler弹性地基上变厚度矩形板无量纲化的自由振动控制微分方程及其边界条件变换为等价的代数方程,得到含有无量纲固有频率的特征方程。数值结果退化为均匀Winker弹性地基上矩形板以及变厚度矩形板的情形,并与已有文献采用的不同求解方法进行比较,结果表明,DTM具有非常高的精度和很强的适用性。最后,在不同边界条件下分析地基变化参数、厚度变化参数和长宽比对矩形板无量纲固有频率的影响,并给出了非均匀Winkler弹性地基上对边简支对边固定变厚度矩形板的前六阶振型。     

Perturbation analyses for the postbuckling of simply supported rectangular plates under uniaxial compression

In this paper, applving perturbation method to von Kármán nonlinear large deflection equations of plates by taking deflection as perturbation parameter, the posibuckling behavior of simply supported rectangular plates under uniaxial compresion is investigated. Two types of in-plane boundary conditions are now considered and the effects of initial imperfections are also studied. It is found that the theoretical results are in good agreement with experiments. The method suggested in this paper which has not been found in previous papers is rather simple and easy for the postbuckling analysis of rectangular plates.     

A simple and accurate mixed FE-DQ formulation for free vibration of rectangular and skew Mindlin plates with general boundary conditions

A simple and accurate mixed finite element-differential quadrature formulation is proposed to study the free vibration of rectangular and skew Mindlin plates with general boundary conditions. In this technique, the original plate problem is reduced to two simple bar (or beam) problems. One bar problem is discretized by the finite element method (FEM) while the other by the differential quadrature method (DQM). The mixed method, in general, combines the geometry flexibility of the FEM and high accuracy and efficiency of the DQM and its implementation is more easier and simpler than the case where the FEM or DQM is fully applied to the problem. Moreover, the proposed formulation is free of the shear locking phenomenon that may be encountered in the conventional shear deformable finite elements. A simple scheme is also presented to exactly implement the mixed natural boundary conditions of the plate problem. The versatility, accuracy and efficiency of the proposed method for free vibration analysis of rectangular and skew Mindlin plates are tested against other solution procedures. It is revealed that the proposed method can produce highly accurate solutions for the natural frequencies of rectangular and skew Mindlin plates with general boundary conditions.     

Bending of Composite Plates under Static and Dynamic Loading

The stationary bending of a two-dimensional elastic system of joined rectangular plates with different mechanical properties and boundary conditions is studied. A technique for solving the corresponding problem is proposed. It is based on approximate approaches in combination with a generalization of the force method. It is established that the static strain state of the system is essentially dependent on the difference between the elastic moduli of the constituent plates. It is also shown that with certain boundary conditions, the dependence of the first resonant frequency on the relative position of plates along the contact line is nonmonotonic__________Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika, Vol. 41, No. 1, pp. 77–84, January 2005.     

Discrete material optimization of vibrating laminated composite plates for minimum sound radiation

This paper deals with vibro-acoustic optimization of laminated composite plates. The vibration of the laminated plate is excited by time-harmonic external mechanical loading with prescribed frequency and amplitude, and the design objective is to minimize the total sound power radiated from the surface of the laminated plate to the surrounding acoustic medium. Instead of solving the Helmholtz equation for evaluation of the sound power, advantage is taken of the fact that the surface of the laminated plate is flat, which implies that Rayleigh’s integral approximation can be used to evaluate the sound power radiated from the surface of the plate. The novel Discrete Material Optimization (DMO) formulation has been applied to achieve the design optimization of fiber angles, stacking sequence and selection of material for laminated composite plates. Several numerical examples are presented in order to illustrate this approach.     

Spline-Approximation Method Applied to Solve Natural-Vibration Problems for Rectangular Plates of Varying Thickness

The natural vibrations of anisotropic rectangular plates of varying thickness with complex boundary conditions are studied using the spline-collocation and discrete-orthogonalization methods. The basic principles of the approach are outlined. The natural vibrations of orthotropic plates with parabolically varying thickness are calculated. The results (natural frequencies and modes) obtained with different boundary conditions are analyzed __________ Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika, Vol. 41, No. 10, pp. 90–99, October 2005.     

On a method for determining the fixing conditions for a rectangular plate from the natural frequencies

We prove the duality of solutions for the problem of determining the boundary conditions on two opposite sides of a rectangular plate from the frequency spectrum of its bending vibrations. A method for determining the boundary conditions on two opposite sides of a rectangular plate from nine natural frequencies is obtained. The results of numerical experiments justifying the theoretical conclusions of the paper are presented. Rectangular plates are widely used in various technical fields. They serve as printed circuit boards and header plates, bridging plates, aircraft and ship skin, and parts of various mechanical structures [1–4]. If the plate fixing cannot be inspected visually, then one can use the natural bending vibration frequencies to find faults in the plate fixing. For circular and annular plates, methods for testing the plate fixing were found in [5–7], where it was shown that the type of fixing of a circular or annular plate can be determined uniquely from the natural bending vibration frequencies. The following question arises: Is it possible to determine the type of fixing of a rectangular plate on two opposite sides of the plate from the natural bending vibration frequencies if the other two sides are simply supported? Since the opposite sides of the plate are equivalent to each other, a plate with “rigid restraint—free edge” fixing will sound exactly the same as a plate with “free edge—rigid restraint” fixing. Hence we cannot say that the type of fixing of a rectangular plate on two opposite sides can be uniquely determined from its natural bending vibration frequencies. But it turns out that we can speak of duality in the solution of this problem. Here we observe an analogy with the problem of determining the rigidity coefficients of springs for elastic fixing of a string [8]: the rigidity coefficients of the springs are determined by the natural frequencies uniquely up to permutations of the springs.     

复杂厚板的条形传递函数解

建立了规则区域厚板混合状态变量的条形传递函数解,通过定义结点变量,并利用结点位移连续和力平衡条件,将多个简单子区域的解进行组装,从而得到了复杂形状,复杂边界条件厚板的条形传递函数解,由于条形传递函数法的节点位移变量与有限元法的节点位移变量完全一致,可将简单矩形板的条形传递函数解作为一个超东级单元,直拉将超级单元和有限元单元进行综合,可以得到复杂板的条形传递函数解,进一步增强了条形传递函数法对复杂反问题的适应性。     

混合边界各向异性矩形板的静力分析

采用一般解析解和配点法相结合的方法,求解混合边界各向异性矩形板的弯曲问题.先由弯曲挠度的微分方程求出各种类型的齐次解和特解,然后组成一般解析解,再将板的每个边等分 为很多微小的段,仅对每一微段的中点建立应满足的边界条件,由全部边界条件方程式即可求得全部积分常数.以每边一半边界为平夹、另一半边界为简支或自由的方板为例进行了计算,并与四边均为简支的方板进行了对比,表明理论简单,结果实用.     

FREE VIBRATION OF ANISOTROPIC RECTANGULAR PLATES BY GENERAL ANALYTICAL METHOD

According to the differential equation for transverse displacement function of anisotropic rectangular thin plates in free vibration, a general analytical solution is established. This general solution, composed of the composite solutions of trigonometric function and hyperbolic function, can satisfy the problem of arbitrary boundary conditions along four edges. The algebraic polynomial with double sine series solutions can also satisfy the problem of boundary conditions at four corners. Consequently, this general solution can be used to solve the vibration problem of anisotropic rectangular plates with arbitrary boundaries accurately. The integral constants can be determined by boundary conditions of four edges and four corners. Each natural frequency and vibration mode can be solved by the determinate of coefficient matrix from the homogeneous linear algebraic equations equal to zero. For example, a composite symmetric angle ply laminated plate with four edges clamped has been calculated and discussed.     

Closed-form solutions for free vibration of rectangular FGM thin plates resting on elastic foundation

This article presents closed-form solutions for the frequency analysis of rectangular functionally graded material(FGM) thin plates subjected to initially in-plane loads and with an elastic foundation. Based on classical thin plate theory, the governing differential equations are derived using Hamilton's principle. A neutral surface is used to eliminate stretching–bending coupling in FGM plates on the basis of the assumption of constant Poisson's ratio. The resulting governing equation of FGM thin plates has the same form as homogeneous thin plates. The separation-ofvariables method is adopted to obtain solutions for the free vibration problems of rectangular FGM thin plates with separable boundary conditions, including, for example, clamped plates. The obtained normal modes and frequencies are in elegant closed forms, and present formulations and solutions are validated by comparing present results with those in the literature and finite element method results obtained by the authors. A parameter study reveals the effects of the power law index n and aspect ratio a/b on frequencies.     

阶梯式矩形板的振动

用奇异函数建立阶梯式矩形板自由振动和强迫振动的微分方程并求得其通解，用Ｗ算子给出振型函数的表达式及常见支承条件下板的频率方程，本文解可用于多种边界条件的板。     

Effects of sound on flow separation from blunt flat plates

The effect of sound on the flow around plates with semicircular or square leading edges and square trailing edges located in a low turbulence open jet has been studied. In all circumstances the length of the leading edge separation bubbles associated with square leading edge plates was found to oscillate. When sound was applied to the flow around these plates, the leading edge shear layers reattached closer to the leading edge and the oscillations in bubble length occurred at the applied sound frequency, generating patches of concentrated vorticity in the boundary layers. These vorticity patches moved downstream near the plate surface and then beyond the trailing edge to form vortex cores in a street with a Strouhal number equal to the applied sound value. Sometimes these vortex streets are unstable and break down into streets with Strouhal numbers approaching those observed without sound. These effects of sound were not observed in the flow around plates with semicircular leading edges. Without sound, square leading edge plates of intermediate length did not shed regular vortex streets.     

THE APPLICATION OF WEINSTEIN-CHIEN’S METHOD——THE UPPER AND LOWER LIMITS OF FUNDAMENTAL FREQUENCY OF RECTANGULAR PLATES WITH EDGES ARE THE MIXTURE OF SIMPLY SUPPORTED POR-TIONS AND CLAMPED PORTIONS

In this paper, the method of relaxed boundary conditions is applied to rectangular plates with edges which are a sort of the mixture of simply supported portions and clamped portions, so that the lower limit of fundamental frequency of such plates is evaluated. A kind of polynomial satisfying the displacement boundary conditions is designed, os that it is enabled to evaluate the upper limit of fundamental frequency by Ritz’ method. The practical calculation examples solved by these methods have given satisfactory results. At the end of this paper, it is pointed out that the socalled exact solution of such plates usually evaluated by the force superposition method is essentially a kind of lower limit of solution, if the truncated error of series which occurs in actual calculation is considered.