Predictions and measurements of sound transmission through a periodic array of elastic shells in air

Krynkin, A, Umnova, O ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5576-7407, Chong, AYB, Taherzadeh, S and Attenborough, K 2010, 'Predictions and measurements of sound transmission through a periodic array of elastic shells in air' , The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America (JASA), 128 , p. 3496.

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Abstract

Analytical and numerical approaches have been made to the problems of (a) propagation through a doubly periodic array of elastic shells in air, (b) scattering by a single elastic shell in air, and (c) scattering by a finite periodic array of elastic shells in air. Using the Rayleigh identity and the Kirchhoff–Love approximations, a relationship is found between the elastic material parameters and the size of the bandgap below the first Bragg frequency, which results from the axisymmetric resonance of the shells in an array. Predictions and laboratory data confirm that use of a suitably “soft” non-vulcanized rubber results in substantial insertion loss peaks related to the resonances of the shells. Inclusion of viscoelasticity is found to improve the correspondence between predictions and data. In addition the possible influences of inhomogeneity due to the manufacturing of the elastic shells (i.e., the effects of gluing sheet edges together) and of departures from circular cylindrical cross-sections are considered by means of numerical methods.

Item Type:	Article
Themes:	Built and Human Environment Energy
Schools:	Schools > School of Computing, Science and Engineering
Journal or Publication Title:	The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America (JASA)
Publisher:	Acoustical Society of America
Refereed:	Yes
ISSN:	0001-4966
Related URLs:	Publication
Funders:	Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
Depositing User:	O Umnova
Date Deposited:	12 Feb 2015 11:23
Last Modified:	15 Feb 2022 18:55
URI:	https://usir.salford.ac.uk/id/eprint/33406

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