EIGENFREQUENCIES OF OSCILLATIONS OF A PLATE WHICH SEPARATES A TWO-LAYER IDEAL FLUID WITH A FREE SURFACE IN A RECTANGULAR CHANNEL

The frequency spectrum of plane vibrations of an elastic plate separating a two-layer ideal fluid with a free surface in a rectangular channel is investigated analytically and numerically. For an arbitrary fixing of the contours of a rectangular plate, it is shown that the frequency spectrum of the problem under consideration consists of two sets of frequencies describing the vibrations of the free surface of the liquid and the elastic plate. The equations of coupled vibrations of the plate and the fluid are presented using a system of integro-differential equations with the boundary conditions for fixing the contours of the plate and the condition for the conservation of the volume of the fluid. When solving a boundary value problem for eigenvalues, the shape of the plate deflection is represented by the sum of the fundamental solutions of a homogeneous equation for a loose plate and a partial solution of an inhomogeneous equation by expanding in terms of eigenfunctions of oscillations of an ideal fluid in a rectangular channel. The frequency equation of free compatible vibrations of a plate and a liquid is obtained in the form of a fourth-order determinant. In the case of a clamped plate, its simplification is made and detailed numerical studies of the first and second sets of frequencies from the main mechanical parameters of the system are carried out. A weak interaction of plate vibrations on vibrations of the free surface and vice versa is noted. It is shown that with a decrease in the mass of the plate, the frequencies of the second set increase and take the greatest value for inertialess plates or membranes. A decrease in the frequencies of the second set occurs with an increase in the filling depth of the upper liquid or a decrease in the filling depth of the lower liquid. Taking into account two terms of the series in the frequency equation, approximate formulas for the second set of frequencies are obtained and their efficiency is shown. With an increase in the number of terms in the series of the frequency equation, the previous roots of the first and second sets are refined and new ones appear.