A boundary integral equation method for mode elimination and vibration confinement in thin plates with clamped points

DOI10.1007/S10444-017-9580-6arXiv1704.00160MaRDI QIDQ6285048FDOQ6285048

Publication date: 1 April 2017

Abstract: We consider the bi-Laplacian eigenvalue problem for the modes of vibration of a thin elastic plate with a discrete set of clamped points. A high-order boundary integral equation method is developed for efficient numerical determination of these modes in the presence of multiple localized defects for a wide range of two-dimensional geometries. The defects result in eigenfunctions with a weak singularity that is resolved by decomposing the solution as a superposition of Green's functions plus a smooth regular part. This method is applied to a variety of regular and irregular domains and two key phenomena are observed. First, careful placement of clamping points can entirely eliminate particular eigenvalues and suggests a strategy for manipulating the vibrational characteristics of rigid bodies so that undesirable frequencies are removed. Second, clamping of the plate can result in partitioning of the domain so that vibrational modes are largely confined to certain spatial regions. This numerical method gives a precision tool for tuning the vibrational characteristics of thin elastic plates.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Estimates of eigenvalues in context of PDEs (35P15) Boundary value problems for higher-order elliptic equations (35J40) Systems of nonsingular linear integral equations (45F05)

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