Dynamic stress concentration in a ribbed plate using the acoustical wave propagator technique

This paper presents an explicit acoustical wave propagator technique to investigate the flexural wave scattering and dynamic stress concentration in a ribbed plate based on Mindlin plate theory. A scheme combining Chebyshev polynomial expansion and fast Fourier transformation is introduced to implement the operation of the acoustical wave propagator. The exact analytical solutions are also presented to demonstrate the validity of the present technique. The wave propagation patterns are used to investigate the effect of rib on the flexural wave scattering and distribution of dynamic stress concentration. Dynamic stress concentration factors around the discontinuities are examined in detail.