Acoustic radiation from a laminated composite plate reinforced by doubly periodic parallel stiffeners

Acoustic radiation from a point-driven, infinite fluid-loaded, laminated composite plate which is reinforced by doubly periodic parallel stiffeners is investigated theoretically. The stiffeners interact with the plate only through normal forces. Fourier transform is used for solving the responses of the plate, and the stationary phase approximate is then employed to find an expression for the far field pressure. Acoustic radiation from a stiffened uniform plate composed of multiple isotropic layers is calculated with the present stiffened, laminated composite plate theory, and with the stiffened uniform isotropic plate theory that Mace has proposed. Comparison of the numerical results reveals the validity of our work. Characteristics of the acoustic radiation from a stiffened laminated composite plate are examined through examples and some physical interpretations of significant features are also offered.