Acoustic Loading Effects on Oscillating Rod Bundles

Abstract

This paper is concerned with the analytical study of the interaction between an infinite acoustic medium and a cluster of circular rods. The acoustic field due to oscillating rods and the acoustic loading on the rods are first solved in a closed form. The acoustic loading is then used as a forcing function for rod responses, and the acousto-elastic couplings are solved simultaneously. Numerical examples are presented for several cases to illustrate the effects of various system parameters on the acoustic reaction force coefficients. The effect of the acoustic loading on the coupled eigenfrequencies are discussed.