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Steel and Composite Structures
  Volume 50, Number 3, February 10 2024 , pages 299-318
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12989/scs.2024.50.3.299
 


Vibroacoustic response of thin power law indexed functionally graded plates
Baij Nath Singh, Vinayak Ranjan and R.N. Hota

 
Abstract
    The main objective of this paper is to compute the far-field acoustic radiation (sound radiation) of functionally graded plates (FGM) loaded by sinusoidally varying point load subjected to the arbitrary boundary condition is carried out. The governing differential equations for thin functionally graded plates (FGM) are derived using classical plate theory (CPT) and Rayleigh integral using the elemental radiator approach. Four cases, segregated on power-law index k=0,1,5,10, are studied. A novel approach is illustrated to compute sound fields of vibrating FGM plates using the physical neutral surface with an elemental radiator approach. The material properties of the FGM plate for all cases are calculated considering the power law indexes. An in-house MATLAB code is written to compute the natural frequencies, normal surface velocities, and sound radiation fields are analytically calculated using semi-analytical formulation. Ansys is used to validate the computed sound power level. The parametric effects of the power law index, modulus ratios, different constituent of FGM plates, boundary conditions, damping loss factor on the sound power level, and radiation efficiency is illustrated. This work is the benchmark approach that clearly explains how to calculate acoustic fields using a solid layered FGM model in ANSYS ACT. It shows that it is possible to asymptotically stabilize the structure by controlling the intermittent layers' stiffness. It is found that sound fields radiated by the elemental radiators approach in MATLAB, ANSYS and literatures are in good agreement. The main novelty of this research is that the FGM plate is analyzed in the low-frequency range, where the stiffness-controlled region governs the whole analysis. It is concluded that a clamped mono-ceramic FGM plate radiates a lesser sound power level and higher radiation efficiency than a mono-metallic or metal-rich FGM plate due to higher stiffness. It is found that change in damping loss factor does not affect the same constituents of FGM plates but has significant effects on the different constituents of FGM plates.
 
Key Words
    elemental radiators; functionally graded plates; physical neutral surface; power law index; Rayleigh integral; sound radiation
 
Address
Baij Nath Singh:1)Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Dhanbad-826004, India
2)Department of Mechanical Engineering, Bennett University, Greater Noida-201310, India

Vinayak Ranjan:2)Department of Mechanical Engineering, Bennett University, Greater Noida-201310, India
3)Department of Mechanical Engineering, Rowan University, New Jersey, U.S.A.

R.N. Hota:Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Dhanbad-826004, India
 

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