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Item Vibro-acoustic response and sound transmission loss characteristics of truss core sandwich panel filled with foam(Elsevier Masson SAS 62 rue Camille Desmoulins Issy les Moulineaux Cedex 92442, 2018) Arunkumar, M.P.; Jeyaraj, P.; Gangadharan, K.V.; Mailan Chinnapandi, M.C.This paper presents the studies carried out for improving the acoustic behavior of truss core sandwich panel, which is mostly used in aerospace structural applications. The empty space of the truss core is filled with polyurethane foam (PUF) to achieve better vibro-acoustic and sound transmission loss characteristics. Initially equivalent elastic properties of the foam filled truss core sandwich panel are calculated. Then, the vibration response of the panel under a harmonic excitation is obtained based on the equivalent 2D finite element model. Finally, the vibration response is given as an input to the Rayleigh integral code built in-house to obtain the acoustic and sound transmission loss characteristics. The results revealed that PUF filling of the empty space of the truss core, significantly reduces resonant amplitudes of both vibration and acoustic responses. It is also observed that foam filling reduces the overall sound power level significantly. Similarly, sound transmission loss studies revealed that, sudden dips at resonance frequencies are significantly reduced. Also an experiment is conducted on forced vibration response of honeycomb core sandwich panel to show that equivalent 2D model can be used for predicting sound power level and transmission loss behavior. © 2018 Elsevier Masson SASItem Sound radiation and transmission behavior of auxetic core quadrilateral sandwich panels under supersonic flow(Taylor and Francis Ltd., 2025) Prajapati, V.K.; Jeyaraj, P.; Mailan Chinnapandi, L.B.Vibroacoustic performance of a quadrilateral sandwich plate under the synergetic effect of aerodynamic pressure and harmonic excitation is analyzed numerically. Layered approach is adopted to model the sandwich plate by considering the equivalent properties of the core and facings. Governing equations, developed utilizing Hamilton’s principle are solved based on differential quadrature approach to analyze the flutter frequency and forced vibration response. Subsequently, Rayleigh integral is used to estimate the acoustic response characteristics. Effect of geometric properties of the core (cell size, wall thickness, and inclined angle) and plate (leading, and trailing-edge angles) is examined. Critical aerodynamic pressure (CAP) is calculated first for the given case and the changes in response characteristics are investigated by varying the CAP. Results indicate that geometric parameters of the core does not influence the CAP, while the core thickness and the leading and trailing edge angles have significant effects. The sound power level (SWL) and transmission loss are observed to be maximum at CAP except in some cases of leading and trailing edge angles. © 2025 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.