It reviews the developing process of researching acoustic radiation of underwater elastic structures excited by mechanical forces chiefly, and puts forward the trends of the acoustoelasticity briefly.

• 本文系统综述声弹性研究的基本内容和方法以及重要结果，重点回顾水下弹性结构受机械力激励的外场声辐射研究的发展过程，并简单归纳声弹性研究的发展趋势。