Power transmission in L-shaped plates including flexural and in-plane vibration

Abstract

In this paper, power flow propagation in plates connected in an L-joint is investigated in both the low and high frequency ranges. An exact solution is derived to describe the flexural, in-plane longitudinal and in-plane shear wave motion in the plates. The coupled plates are simply supported along two parallel sides, and free at the other two ends. A point force is used to generate flexural wave motion only. The flexural wave coefficients are determined from the boundary conditions, continuity equations at the driving force locations, and continuity equations at the corner junction of the plates. Structural intensity expressions are used to examine the structural noise transmission in the low and high frequency ranges. The contributions from the individual wave types are also examined.