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    Sound radiation and transmission loss characteristics of a honeycomb sandwich panel with composite facings: Effect of inherent material damping
    (Academic Press, 2016) Arunkumar, M.P.; Jagadeesh, M.; Jeyaraj, J.; Gangadharan, K.V.; Mailan Chinnapandi, M.C.L.
    This paper presents the results of numerical studies carried out on vibro-acoustic and sound transmission loss behaviour of aluminium honeycomb core sandwich panel with fibre reinforced plastic (FRP) facings. Layered structural shell element with equivalent orthotropic elastic properties of core and orthotropic properties of FRP facing layer is used to predict the free and forced vibration characteristics. Followed by this, acoustic response and transmission loss characteristics are obtained using Rayleigh integral. Vibration and acoustic characteristics of FRP sandwich panels are compared with aluminium sandwich panels. The result reveals that FRP panel has better vibro-acoustic and transmission loss characteristics due to high stiffness and inherent material damping associated with them. Resonant amplitudes of the response are fully controlled by modal damping factors calculated based on modal strain energy. It is also demonstrated that FRP panel can be used to replace the aluminium panel without losing acoustic comfort with nearly 40 percent weight reduction. © 2016 Elsevier Ltd
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    Numerical Analysis on Vibro-Acoustic Behavior of Honeycomb Core Sandwich Structure with FG-CNT-Reinforced Polymer Composite Facings
    (Institute for Ionics, 2022) Bhagat, V.S.; George, N.; Arunkumar, M.P.; Jeyaraj, J.; Mailan Chinnapandi, M.C.L.
    Numerical studies carried out on the vibro-acoustic characteristics of an aluminum honeycomb core sandwich structure with functionally graded carbon nanotube polymer composite facings are presented. The layer-by-layer technique is used to model the structure by finding the equivalent elastic properties. From the vibration response, the acoustic characteristic of the honeycomb structure is found by using kinematic continuity between structural velocity and particle velocity at the surface. Forced vibration response of a hexagonal honeycomb sandwich structure is calculated experimentally, and results are compared with the proposed numerical method. Further, the result reveals that the FG-VΛ structure has better vibro-acoustic characteristics rather than FG-XX which gives better acoustic properties when it is considered as a plate without sandwich construction. © 2021, Shiraz University.