Title: Vibro-acoustic analysis of composite circular disc with various orthotropic properties under thermal environment

Authors: Boorle Rajesh Kumar, N. Ganesan, Raju Sethuraman

Addresses: Machine Design Section, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai-600036, India. ' Machine Design Section, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai-600036, India. ' Machine Design Section, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai-600036, India

Abstract: Composite circular discs with polar orthotropic and rectangular orthotropic fibres of different composite materials are modelled and their vibration response due to harmonic point load under thermal environment was computed by Finite Element Method (FEM) using ANSYS. Acoustic response of composite circular disc was computed by coupling the vibration data from FEM to the Boundary Element Method (BEM) using LMS SYSNOISE.

Keywords: finite element method; FEM; boundary element method; BEM; critical buckling temperature; commercial CAE packages; ANSYS; LMS VIRTUAL LAB; LMS SYSNOISE; composite circular discs; orthotropic fibres; vibration response; harmonic point load;thermal environment; acoustic response; vehicle noise; vehicle vibration.

DOI: 10.1504/IJVNV.2008.020110

International Journal of Vehicle Noise and Vibration, 2008 Vol.4 No.1, pp.35 - 69

Published online: 26 Aug 2008 *

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