Abstract

This paper presents an improved numerical strategy for the broadband analysis of wave propagation in composite or complex cross-sectional waveguides using the wave finite element method (WFE). Numerical analysis of such structures require highly discretized finite element models and leads to extensive computations. The proposed formulation relies on a projection of the cross-sectional transfer matrices on a reduced set of shape functions associated to propagating waves. Dispersion curves are then predicted only using a reduced number of eigenvectors. The performances and stability of this method are evaluated using the wavenumbers and wave shapes. Validations are provided for a sandwich composite beam and a cylindrical elasto-acoustic waveguide.

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