Effect of truss core on sound radiation behavior of sandwich plate structures under structure borne excitation

Compared with traditional honeycomb and stiffened sandwich structures, lattice-based structures are considered an ideal substitute for traditional core structures due to their high stiffness and other potential multifunctional application characteristics. Based on that, the sound radiation characteristics of the sandwich plate with different truss cores under structure borne excitation were investigated in the current paper, wherein three truss cores, including pyramidal, tetrahedral and 3D-kagome cores types, are considered. The governing equations for the vibration and sound radiation analysis of the sandwich plate structure are carried out using the static equilibrium method, and then solved via the Navier approach and Rayleigh integral. By comparing the experimental results, the validity of the proposed theoretical model is verified. The theoretical model is subsequently used to investigate the influences of truss core geometric parameters and types, face sheet-core face sheet thickness ratio and aspect ratio on sandwich plate sound radiation characteristics. The results indicate that, in the range (Formula presented.) and (Formula presented.) the tetrahedral and 3D-Kagome core types have the maximum natural frequency values, respectively, while the resonance peaks of sound pressure level curves move to lower frequency region with the increase in truss core radius and face sheet-core face sheet thickness ratio, and the sandwich plate with the 3D-kagome core shows better sound radiation characteristics in the wide frequency range.