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This paper presents a numerical technique for the linear dynamic analysis of a finite axisymmetric elastic structure immersed in an infinite homogeneous accoustic medium. It is required to determine the vibrational motion of the structure and also the associated accoustic field in the fluid. The fluid-structure coupling is effected through matching the normal surface velocity defined in the elastic equilibrium relationship to that defined by the governing equations of the fluid field. However, there is a computational difficulty in representing the exterior pressure field with surface Helmholtz integral equation. The singularity needed to be evaluted additionally results from the coincidence of field points and source points. To avoid the numerical integration on singular points, locations of field points are chosen on the infinite acoustic medium exterior to the surface. A feature of the methodology implemented is the utilization of adding the Helmholtz integral equation to the acoustic finite element analysis. A finite element formulation of the structural problem is coupled to the variaton methodology of the acoustic problem. The example is shown for radiation from a finite thick shell. The results are compared with analytical and other accepted approximate solutions.
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