An Efficient Approach to the Simulation of Acoustic Radiation from Large Structures with FEM

Abstract

A new efficient method for the simulation of sound radiation from large vibrating structures with the Finite Element Method (FEM) is proposed. The acoustic radiation from the major radiating panels is simulated separately for each panel, using customized fluid domains that are weakly coupled to the vibrating structure. Thereby, a significant reduction of the model order is achieved, maintaining at the same time a high reliability of results for practical application. The pressure levels at arbitrary far-field microphone positions can be efficiently computed from the Equivalent Radiated Power functions that characterize the structural vibrations of the radiating panels.