Theoretical analysis of sound radiation of an elastically supported circular plate

This study focuses on the analysis of the active and reactive sound power of the axisymmetric modes of free vibrations of elastically supported circular plates embedded in a rigid baffle. Some linear and time-harmonic processes have been considered. It is assumed that the plate radiates some acoustic waves into a hemisphere filled with a lossless gaseous medium. The integral formulations for the active and reactive sound power have been derived and expressed in their Hankel representations. They have been used to derive some elementary formulations in the form of some high-frequency asymptotes valid for frequencies higher than the successive coincidence frequencies of the plate. Therefore, the discussion on some sample numerical results mostly covers the sound power radiated at those frequencies. The asymptotes are easy to express in a computer code and they do not need great processor capacity. They are therefore useful for engineering use. in benefit of the analysis presented in this paper is that the sound power for all the possible boundary configurations of the boundary stiffnesses, i.e., classical clamped, guided, simply supported or completely free boundaries as well as all the intermediate situations, has been described using the same formulae. This is possible simply by changing the two values of stiffnesses associated with the boundary conditions, whose influence on the radiated sound power has been discussed. The solution of the problem of sound power radiated by a vibrating elastically supported circular plate presented herein is essentially more general than the solutions presented earlier for the classical boundary configurations, such as clamped, simply supported, guided or completely free circular plates.