Plate-type elastic metamaterials for low-frequency broadband elastic wave attenuation

Ultrasonics ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 73 ◽  
pp. 34-42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yinggang Li ◽  
Ling Zhu ◽  
Tianning Chen
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (7) ◽  
pp. 3124
Author(s):  
Alya Alhammadi ◽  
Jin-You Lu ◽  
Mahra Almheiri ◽  
Fatima Alzaabi ◽  
Zineb Matouk ◽  
...  

A numerical simulation study on elastic wave propagation of a phononic composite structure consisting of epoxy and tungsten carbide is presented for low-frequency elastic wave attenuation applications. The calculated dispersion curves of the epoxy/tungsten carbide composite show that the propagation of elastic waves is prohibited inside the periodic structure over a frequency range. To achieve a wide bandgap, the elastic composite structure can be optimized by changing its dimensions and arrangement, including size, number, and rotation angle of square inclusions. The simulation results show that increasing the number of inclusions and the filling fraction of the unit cell significantly broaden the phononic bandgap compared to other geometric tunings. Additionally, a nonmonotonic relationship between the bandwidth and filling fraction of the composite was found, and this relationship results from spacing among inclusions and inclusion sizes causing different effects on Bragg scatterings and localized resonances of elastic waves. Moreover, the calculated transmission spectra of the epoxy/tungsten carbide composite structure verify its low-frequency bandgap behavior.


Geophysics ◽  
1992 ◽  
Vol 57 (6) ◽  
pp. 854-859 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiao Ming Tang

A new technique for measuring elastic wave attenuation in the frequency range of 10–150 kHz consists of measuring low‐frequency waveforms using two cylindrical bars of the same material but of different lengths. The attenuation is obtained through two steps. In the first, the waveform measured within the shorter bar is propagated to the length of the longer bar, and the distortion of the waveform due to the dispersion effect of the cylindrical waveguide is compensated. The second step is the inversion for the attenuation or Q of the bar material by minimizing the difference between the waveform propagated from the shorter bar and the waveform measured within the longer bar. The waveform inversion is performed in the time domain, and the waveforms can be appropriately truncated to avoid multiple reflections due to the finite size of the (shorter) sample, allowing attenuation to be measured at long wavelengths or low frequencies. The frequency range in which this technique operates fills the gap between the resonant bar measurement (∼10 kHz) and ultrasonic measurement (∼100–1000 kHz). By using the technique, attenuation values in a PVC (a highly attenuative) material and in Sierra White granite were measured in the frequency range of 40–140 kHz. The obtained attenuation values for the two materials are found to be reliable and consistent.


2021 ◽  
Vol 263 (2) ◽  
pp. 4303-4311
Author(s):  
Edson J.P. de Miranda ◽  
Edilson D. Nobrega ◽  
Leopoldo P.R. de Oliveira ◽  
José M.C. Dos Santos

The wave propagation attenuation in low frequencies by using piezoelectric elastic metamaterials has been developed in recent years. These piezoelectric structures exhibit abnormal properties, different from those found in nature, through the artificial design of the topology or exploring the shunt circuit parameters. In this study, the wave propagation in a 1-D elastic metamaterial rod with periodic arrays of shunted piezo-patches is investigated. This piezoelectric metamaterial rod is capable of filtering the propagation of longitudinal elastic waves over a specified range of frequency, called band gaps. The complex dispersion diagrams are obtained by the extended plane wave expansion (EPWE) and wave finite element (WFE) approaches. The comparison between these methods shows good agreement. The Bragg-type and locally resonant band gaps are opened up. The shunt circuits influence significantly the propagating and the evanescent modes. The results can be used for elastic wave attenuation using piezoelectric periodic structures.


2016 ◽  
Vol 138 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yongquan Liu ◽  
Xiaohui Shen ◽  
Xianyue Su ◽  
C. T. Sun

An elastic metamaterial with a low-frequency passband is proposed by imitating a lattice system with linear on-site potential. It is shown that waves can only propagate in the tunable passband. Then, two kinds of elastic metamaterials with double passbands are designed. Great wave attenuation performance can be obtained at frequencies between the two passbands for locally resonant type metamaterials, and at both low and high frequencies for the diatomic type metamaterials. Finally, the strategy to design two-dimensional (2D) metamaterials is demonstrated. The present method can be used to design new types of small-size waveguides, filters, and other devices for elastic waves.


2019 ◽  
Vol 154 ◽  
pp. 68-76 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nansha Gao ◽  
Zhengyu Wei ◽  
Ruihao Zhang ◽  
Hong Hou

2020 ◽  
Vol 143 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiawen Xu ◽  
Guobiao Hu ◽  
Lihua Tang ◽  
Yumin Zhang ◽  
Ruqiang Yan

Abstract Phononic crystals and metamaterials have attractive potential in elastic wave attenuation and guiding over specific frequency ranges. Different from traditional phononic crystals/metamaterials consisting of identical unit cells, a phononic crystal with coupled lanes is reported in this article for enhanced elastic wave attenuation in the low-frequency regime. The proposed phononic crystal takes advantages of destructive interference mechanism. A finitely length phononic crystal plate consisting of coupled lanes is considered for conceptual verification. The coupled lanes are designed to split the incident elastic wave into separated parts with a phase difference to produce destructive interference. Theoretical modeling and finite element method (FEM) analysis are presented. It is illustrated that significant elastic wave attenuation is realized when the phase difference of elastic waves propagating through the coupled lanes approximates π. Besides, multiple valleys in the transmission can be achieved in a broad frequency range with one at a frequency as low as 1.85 kHz with unit cells’ width and length of 25 mm and ten unit cells in one lane.


2018 ◽  
Vol 32 (26) ◽  
pp. 1850286
Author(s):  
Yinggang Li ◽  
Qingwen Zhou ◽  
Ling Zhu ◽  
Kailing Guo

In this paper, we present theoretical investigation on the wave propagation and acoustic bandgap characteristics in hybrid radial plate-type elastic metamaterials constituted of periodic double-sides composite stubs deposited on one-dimensional binary radial phononic crystal plate. The dispersion relations and the displacement fields of the eigenmodes are calculated by using the finite element method on the basis of two-dimensional axial symmetry models. Numerical results show that the proposed hybrid radial plate-type elastic metamaterial can generate lowering and widening acoustic bandgaps and yield a significant expansion of the relative bandwidth by a factor of 5 compared to the traditional radial plate-type elastic metamaterial with double-sided composite stubs. The displacement fields of the eigenmodes are applied to reveal the formation mechanism of lowering and widening acoustic bandgaps. In addition, the influences of the physical and geometrical parameters on the bandgaps are further performed. These low-frequency broadband acoustic bandgap properties in the radial plate-type elastic metamaterials can probably be applied to vibration and noise reduction in the rotary machines and structures.


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