Vibration and Acoustics of Composite Structures: Theory and Applications presents recent advances on the vibration and acoustics of elastic composite structures. The book guides readers through structural modeling and fluid-structure interactions of elastic structures made from fiber-reinforced, sandwich and functionally graded materials. To achieve this goal, the book presents a series of generalized higher-order shear deformable theories for composite straight/curved beams, plates and shells, which is not available in any other book. The book also provides originally proposed frequency and time-domain methods for structural-acoustic analyses of composite structures immersed in light and heavy acoustic fluid.

Many numerical examples are given to aid in physical insights and to provide benchmark computations of vibration and sound radiation of composite structures. This book is a useful source of information for scientists who need to develop skills in theoretical and/or numerical modeling in dynamics and acoustics of elastic structures.

• Covers new, general higher-order shear deformation zig-zag theories for composite beams, plates and shells, and traditional structural theories
• Includes modified variational formulation for vibration analysis of composite beams, plates and shells made of fiber-reinforced and functionally graded materials
• Provides frequency and time domain methods for structural-acoustic analysis of composite structures immersed in unbounded light and heavy acoustic fluid