TY  - EJOU
AU  - Sarkar, Abhijit  
AU  - Kunte, M. V.  
AU  - Sonti, Venkata R.  

TI  - Unified Dispersion Characteristics of Structural Acoustic Waveguides
T2  - Computer Modeling in Engineering \& Sciences

PY  - 2011
VL  - 81
IS  - 3&4
SN  - 1526-1506

AB  - In this article, we show with some formalism that infinite flexible structural acoustic waveguides have a general form for the dispersion equation. The dispersion equation of all such waveguides should conform to a generic form. This allows us to bring out the common features of structural acoustic waveguides. We take three examples to demonstrate this fact, namely, the rectangular, the circular cylindrical and the elliptical geometries. Where necessary, the equations are simplified for applicability to a particular frequency-regime before demonstrating the conformance to the generic form of the dispersion relation. It is then shown that the coupled wavenumber solutions of all these systems can be represented on a single schematic.
KW  - structural acoustic waveguide
KW  -  dispersion characteristics
KW  -  unification

DO  - 10.3970/cmes.2011.081.249