Response of an Elastic Cylindrical Shell to a Transverse Acoustic Shock Wave in a Light Fluid Medium

1970 ◽  
Vol 48 (3B) ◽  
pp. 692-701 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas L. Geers
Keyword(s):  
Shock Wave ◽  
Cylindrical Shell ◽  
Elastic Cylindrical Shell ◽  
Fluid Medium ◽  
Transverse Acoustic ◽  
Acoustic Shock Wave

The Scattering of Shock Waves by Cylindrical Cavities in Liquids and Solids

1971 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 190-196 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Y. Harper
Keyword(s):  
Shock Wave ◽  
Asymptotic Expansion ◽  
Shielding Effect ◽  
Inviscid Fluid ◽  
Shadow Region ◽  
Shock Diffraction ◽  
Fluid Medium ◽  
Acoustic Shock Wave ◽  
Cylindrical Cavities ◽  
Logarithmic Decay

The scattering of a plane acoustic shock wave by a cylindrical cavity in an inviscid fluid medium is calculated numerically and compared with a recently obtained asymptotic expansion. In contrast to the scattering by a rigid cylinder, the cavity displays a distinctive shielding effect in the shadow region characterized by a peak exitation and an inverse logarithmic decay. Experimental results are presented which indicate a strong counterpart in plastic shock diffraction.

Nonlinear Response of an Elastic Cylindrical Shell to a Transient Acoustic Wave

1981 ◽  
Vol 48 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. L. Geers ◽  
C.-L. Yen
Keyword(s):  
Cylindrical Shell ◽  
Acoustic Wave ◽  
Nonlinear Response ◽  
Circular Cylindrical Shell ◽  
Elastic Cylindrical Shell ◽  
Fluid Medium ◽  
Energy Functionals ◽  
Potential Formulation ◽  
Rigorous Treatment ◽  
Residual Potential

Governing equations are developed for the nonlinear response of an infinite, elastic, circular cylindrical shell submerged in an infinite fluid medium and excited by a transverse, transient acoustic wave. These equations derive from circumferential Fourier-series decomposition of the field quantities appearing in appropriate energy functionals, and from application of the “residual potential formulation” for rigorous treatment of the fluid-structure interaction. Extensive numerical results are presented that provide understanding of the phenomenology involved.

Excitation of an Elastic Cylindrical Shell by a Transient Acoustic Wave

1969 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
pp. 459-469 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. L. Geers
Keyword(s):  
Cylindrical Shell ◽  
Acoustic Wave ◽  
Circular Cylindrical Shell ◽  
Elastic Cylindrical Shell ◽  
Sandwich Shell ◽  
Governing Equations ◽  
Fluid Medium ◽  
Method Of Solution ◽  
Plane Step ◽  
Strain Responses

An infinite, elastic, circular cylindrical shell submerged in an infinite fluid medium is engulfed by a transverse, transient acoustic wave. The governing equations for modal shell response are reduced through the application of a new method of solution to two simultaneous equations in time; these equations are particularly amenable to solution by machine computation. Numerical results are presented for the first six modes of a uniform sandwich shell submerged in water and excited by a plane step-wave. These results are then used to evaluate the accuracy of a number of approximations which have been employed previously to treat this and similar problems. The results are also used to compute displacement, velocity, and flexural strain responses at certain points in the sandwich shell.

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