Dynamic Analysis of Two Parallel Rectangular Plates Coupled with Mechanical Links

Abstract

The plate-type structures are classical configurations in many engineering applications. A comprehensive understanding of the structural dynamic mechanisms is of great significance. An analytical modeling approach is established and applied to investigate the dynamic characteristics of a plate system. The model encompasses two parallel elastically restrained rectangular plates coupled through mechanical links. The linear stiffness parameters are used to simulate various structural boundary conditions and mechanical links. The wave propagation of the plate structure is considered based on the improved Fourier series method. And the theoretical formulations for the dynamic performance of the plate system are obtained by employing the energy principle and Rayleigh–Ritz method. The stability and efficiency of the proposed model are firstly validated for the plate system with classical boundary conditions by comparing the results obtained from FEM software. Subsequently, the boundary restraining parameters are analyzed to figure out their effects on the modal characteristics of the plate system. In addition, the influence of mechanical link distributions on the forced response properties of the plate system is presented and discussed. Numerical results show that the importance of both the boundary conditions and the mechanical link distributions on the dynamic behavior of the plate system. The obtained results of the dynamic investigation and parametric analysis of the plate system can be useful for the further work of vibration and noise control technology of engineering applications.