A Study of the Acoustic Response of Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastic Plates

J. O'Donnell, and G. McRobbie
University of the West of Scotland
Paisly, United Kingdom
Published in 2011

This paper gives an introduction to a continuing study detailing the process and development of using both experimental and Finite Element Analysis to characterise the acoustic response of a Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastic (CFRP) laminate plate provided by a guitar manufacturer.

The results show that there is a strong correlation between both the experimental and simulated data which gives the author a strong standing for further work in this area.