Effect of Drive Location on Vibro-Acoustic Characteristics of Submerged Double Cylindrical Shells with Damping Layers

Based on the modal superposition method, the analytical model of vibration and sound radiation from submerged double cylindrical shells with damping layers was presented. The shells were described by the classical thin shell theory. The damping layers were described by three-dimensional viscoelastic theory. The annular plates, connecting the double shells, were analyzed with in-plane motion theory. For different drive locations of radial point force on the inner shell, the sound radiated power and the radial quadratic velocity of the model were calculated and analyzed. The results show that making the drive location near the annular plate helps to reduce the sound radiated power and radial quadratic velocity of model, and making the drive location far from the middle of model also helps to reduce the sound radiated power. The drive applied on the location of annular plate causes high similarity of vibrations from inner shell and outer shell.