Mechanics of Flow-Induced Sound and Vibration, Volume 1

Mechanics of Flow-Induced Sound and Vibration enables readers to fully understand flow-induced vibration and sound, unifying the disciplines of fluid dynamics, structural dynamics, vibration, acoustics, and statistics, in order to classify and examine each of the leading sources of vibration and sound induced by various types of fluid motion. The sources considered include jet noise, flow-induced tones and self-excited vibration, dipole sound from rigid and flexible acoustically compact surface, cavitation noise, acoustic transmission characteristics and sound radiation from bubbly liquids. Starting from classical theories of aeroacoustics and hydroacoustics, a formalism of integral solutions valid for sources near boundaries is developed, and then broadened to address the different source types mentioned above. Step-by-step derivations clearly identify any assumptions made throughout. Each chapter is illustrated with comparisons of leading formulas and measured data. The extensive reference lists are intended to support all chapters of the book with up-to-date background and additional information. The formalisms developed are suitable for computer modeling, and along with its companion book Mechanics of Flow-Induced Sound and Vibration: Complex Flow-Structure Interactions covers everything an engineer needs to understand about flow-induced sound and vibration. Every important topic in flow-induced sound and vibration is coveredAll aspects of these topics are addressed, from the fundamental theory to the analytical formulae used in practice, and results of academic researchThe theory and mathematical formulae reproduced here are the building blocks of computer modeling for flow-induced sound and vibration