Vibroacoustic: The challenges of a mission impossible?

Why it is difficult to solve a vibroacoustic problem; what are the hidden pitfalls that one is called to overcome; are there methods or techniques suggested in other fields of physics that can help to formulate an efficient vibroacoustic prediction model? The authors provide personal answers to these questions and suggest also a classification of the numerous prediction methods proposed in the literature.

► We have analyzed why it is difficult to solve a vibroacoustic problem. ► We enlightening the effect of uncertainties and the conflict between deterministic and statistic methods. ► We proposed a classification of the numerous methods presented in the literature. ► We analyzed whether methods proposed in other fields of science can be useful as a reference method in vibroacoustics.