Vibration and acoustic radiation of an orthotropic composite cylindrical shell in a hygroscopic environment

Abstract

An analytical study is presented for vibration and acoustic radiation of a finite thin orthotropic composite cylindrical shell excited by a harmonic concentrated force in a hygroscopic environment. The modal analysis method is used to solve the governing equations. Theoretical results are presented in natural vibration, radial quadratic velocity, sound power and radiation efficiency, with uniform incremental moisture content. Furthermore, different stiffness, length and thickness are set respectively to research the effects of the material and structure parameters variation of the orthotropic cylindrical shell on the vibration and acoustic radiation characteristics. It is found that the natural frequencies decrease with an increase of moisture content. The modal indices associated with the lowest frequency mode reaches the modal indices corresponding to the lowest buckling mode near the critical buckling moisture content with moisture content. The radial quadratic velocity and sound radiation power decrease with the incremental moisture content in the lower frequency band. The vibration and acoustic response decrease with the enhanced stiffness. The increasing length has little impact on the sound radiation and the thickened cylindrical shell weakens the sound radiation response.

Keywords

Vibration acoustic radiation orthotropic cylindrical shell hygroscopic environment

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