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A numerical method for modeling ultrasonic guided waves in thin-walled waveguides coupled to fluids
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A numerical method for modeling ultrasonic guided waves in thin-walled waveguides coupled to fluids

M. Mazzotti, M. Miniaci and Bartoli
Computers & structures, v 212, pp 248-256
01 Feb 2019

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Computer Science Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications Engineering Engineering, Civil Science & Technology Technology
The paper presents a hybrid numerical method for the computation of the dispersion characteristics of ultrasonic guided waves propagating in isotropic and viscoelastic thin-walled waveguides in contact with fluids along their inner or outer wall. To this end, the solid waveguide is modeled by means of a Semi-Analytical Finite Element method implementing the first order shear deformation theory, while the effects of the fluid are taken into account by means of a regularized 2.5D Boundary Element Method with Helmholtz-type kernels. By coupling the two methods along the mid-surface of the solid waveguide, the dispersion relations of the elastic-acoustic system are obtained as the solution of a nonlinear eigenvalue problem in the complex axial wavenumbers for any fixed circular frequency. Two different case studies are presented: an oil-filled pipe and a water-loaded steel rectangular waveguide. (C) 2018 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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