Acoustic radiation from shear deformable ring-stiffened laminated composite cylindrical shell submerged in flowing fluid

Acoustic radiation from a point driven, infinite, periodically ring-stiffened, laminated composite cylindrical shell submerged in flowing fluid is investigated theoretically. Both the effects of in-plane and out-of-plane vibrations of the ring-stiffeners and the effects of fluid convection on far field acoustic radiation behaviors are concerned. The equations of motion of the laminated composite cylindrical shell is presented on the basis of the first order shear deformation theory. Fourier transform and Poisson summation formula are used to transform the equations into a set of infinite algebraic equations expressed in the wavenumber domain. After truncation, the response of the laminated composite cylindrical shell is solved, and the stationary phase approximate is employed to find the expression for the far field sound pressure. Convergence analysis of the numerical solutions is conducted. The theoretical model and numerical method proposed in this paper are validated by comparison with those presented in available literature. Finally, numerical results are presented to demonstrate the effects of various parameters such as the size and spacing of the ring-stiffener, the thickness and the radius of the cylindrical shell, the lamination angle and the lamination scheme of the composite materials as well as the Mach number on the far field sound pressure.