Multi-Level Residue Harmonic Balance Method for the Transmission Loss of a Nonlinearly Vibrating Perforated Panel

This paper investigates the transmission loss of a nonlinearly vibrating perforated panel using the multi-level residue harmonic balance method. The coupled governing differential equations which represent the air mass movement at each hole and the nonlinear panel vibration are developed. The proposed analytical solution method, which is revised from a previous harmonic balance method for single mode problems, is newly applied for solving the coupled differential equations. The main advantage of this solution method is that only one set of nonlinear algebraic equations is generated in the zero level solution procedure while the higher level solutions to any desired accuracy can be obtained by solving a set of linear algebraic equations. The results obtained from the multi-level residue harmonic balance method agree reasonably with those obtained from a numerical integration method. In the parametric study, the velocity amplitude convergences have been checked. The effects of excitation level, perforation ratio, diameter of hole, and panel thickness are examined.