Energy transmission in finite coupled plates,part II: Application to an L shaped structure

The method presented in the first of these two companion papers is applied to the case of two thin plates coupled in an L shape. Numerical calculations yield values of the vibrational energies of each plate. The influences of damping, thickness and area of the plates and of the excitation type are presented and discussed. The theoretical results are compared with results from a computerized experiment, in which special attention was given to the number and position of point velocity measurements.