在水下结构表面敷设去耦覆盖层是降低其声辐射的有效途径.为了深入分析一种含横向无限长空腔的覆盖层的去耦机理,本文将其等效为均匀介质,建立了敷设这种覆盖层的单向基体板在线激励下的声辐射模型,验证了计算模型的有效性,并利用计算模型对含横向空腔覆盖层的去耦机理进行了分析.研究结果表明:基体板-覆盖层接触面的能量流以纵波能量为主,而横波能量很小,因而计算覆盖层的去耦特性时可以忽略横波的作用;和均匀覆盖层相比,横向空腔型覆盖层在中高频段极大地增强了基体板的力阻抗,从而更有效地抑制了基体板的振速;此外,和均匀覆盖层相比,横向空腔型覆盖层和水的阻抗失配更大,使其在中高频具有良好的振动传递损失特性.因此,总体而言,含横向空腔的覆盖层相比均匀覆盖层具有更好的中高频去耦性能.
Introducing the decoupling coating is an effective way to reduce sound radiation from underwater structures. In order to investigate the decoupling mechanism of a viscoelastic coating layer with horizontal cylindrical cavities, such a coating layer is approximated to a homogeneous layer with equivalent material properties, and a theoretical model is also developed to predict the sound radiation from a finite plate with such a decoupling coating layer.The validity of the theoretical model is confirmed by comparison with the finite element method; and the decoupling mechanism of the coating layer is discussed. Numerical analysis shows that:(1) The energy flow across the interface between the plate and coating layer is mainly conveyed by longitudinal waves.(2) At a low frequency, the coating layer has nearly no decoupling effect.(3) In contrast with a homogeneous coating layer, the coating layer with horizontal cavities can greatly enhance the mechanical impedance in the mid- and high-frequency areas; hence the mean square velocity is effectively suppressed in the same area.(4) Compared with the homogeneous coating layer, the coating layer with horizontal cavities has a larger impedance mismatch with water, thus it exhibits great vibration transmission loss.Therefore, in general, the coating layer with horizontal cylindrical cavities has a better decoupling performance than the homogeneous coating layer in the mid- and high-frequency areas.