A diatomic elastic metamaterial for tunable asymmetric wave transmission in multiple frequency bands

Abstract Unidirectional/asymmetric transmission of acoustic/elastic waves has recently been realized by linear structures. Research related to unidirectionality of wave propagation has received intense attention due to potentially transformative and unique wave control applications. However, asymmet...

Descripción completa

Guardado en:
Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Bing Li, Sagr Alamri, K. T. Tan
Formato: article
Lenguaje:EN
Publicado: Nature Portfolio 2017
Materias:
R
Q
Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/02723bb14a6743a1947178367ddf940d
Etiquetas: Agregar Etiqueta
Sin Etiquetas, Sea el primero en etiquetar este registro!
id oai:doaj.org-article:02723bb14a6743a1947178367ddf940d
record_format dspace
spelling oai:doaj.org-article:02723bb14a6743a1947178367ddf940d2021-12-02T11:52:41ZA diatomic elastic metamaterial for tunable asymmetric wave transmission in multiple frequency bands10.1038/s41598-017-05526-32045-2322https://doaj.org/article/02723bb14a6743a1947178367ddf940d2017-07-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-05526-3https://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322Abstract Unidirectional/asymmetric transmission of acoustic/elastic waves has recently been realized by linear structures. Research related to unidirectionality of wave propagation has received intense attention due to potentially transformative and unique wave control applications. However, asymmetric transmission performance in existing devices usually occurs only in a narrow frequency band, and the asymmetric frequencies are always within ultrasound range (above 20 kHz). In this work, we design and propose a linear diatomic elastic metamaterial using dual-resonator concept to obtain large asymmetric elastic wave transmission in multiple low frequency bands. All of these frequency bands can be theoretically predicted to realize one-way wave propagation along different directions of transmission. The mechanisms of multiple asymmetric transmission bands are theoretically investigated and numerically verified by both analytical lattice and continuum models. Dynamic responses of the proposed system in the broadband asymmetric transmission bands are explored and analyzed in time and frequency domains. The effect of damping on the asymmetric wave transmission is further discussed. Excellent agreements between theoretical results and numerical verification are obtained.Bing LiSagr AlamriK. T. TanNature PortfolioarticleMedicineRScienceQENScientific Reports, Vol 7, Iss 1, Pp 1-14 (2017)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language EN
topic Medicine
R
Science
Q
spellingShingle Medicine
R
Science
Q
Bing Li
Sagr Alamri
K. T. Tan
A diatomic elastic metamaterial for tunable asymmetric wave transmission in multiple frequency bands
description Abstract Unidirectional/asymmetric transmission of acoustic/elastic waves has recently been realized by linear structures. Research related to unidirectionality of wave propagation has received intense attention due to potentially transformative and unique wave control applications. However, asymmetric transmission performance in existing devices usually occurs only in a narrow frequency band, and the asymmetric frequencies are always within ultrasound range (above 20 kHz). In this work, we design and propose a linear diatomic elastic metamaterial using dual-resonator concept to obtain large asymmetric elastic wave transmission in multiple low frequency bands. All of these frequency bands can be theoretically predicted to realize one-way wave propagation along different directions of transmission. The mechanisms of multiple asymmetric transmission bands are theoretically investigated and numerically verified by both analytical lattice and continuum models. Dynamic responses of the proposed system in the broadband asymmetric transmission bands are explored and analyzed in time and frequency domains. The effect of damping on the asymmetric wave transmission is further discussed. Excellent agreements between theoretical results and numerical verification are obtained.
format article
author Bing Li
Sagr Alamri
K. T. Tan
author_facet Bing Li
Sagr Alamri
K. T. Tan
author_sort Bing Li
title A diatomic elastic metamaterial for tunable asymmetric wave transmission in multiple frequency bands
title_short A diatomic elastic metamaterial for tunable asymmetric wave transmission in multiple frequency bands
title_full A diatomic elastic metamaterial for tunable asymmetric wave transmission in multiple frequency bands
title_fullStr A diatomic elastic metamaterial for tunable asymmetric wave transmission in multiple frequency bands
title_full_unstemmed A diatomic elastic metamaterial for tunable asymmetric wave transmission in multiple frequency bands
title_sort diatomic elastic metamaterial for tunable asymmetric wave transmission in multiple frequency bands
publisher Nature Portfolio
publishDate 2017
url https://doaj.org/article/02723bb14a6743a1947178367ddf940d
work_keys_str_mv AT bingli adiatomicelasticmetamaterialfortunableasymmetricwavetransmissioninmultiplefrequencybands
AT sagralamri adiatomicelasticmetamaterialfortunableasymmetricwavetransmissioninmultiplefrequencybands
AT kttan adiatomicelasticmetamaterialfortunableasymmetricwavetransmissioninmultiplefrequencybands
AT bingli diatomicelasticmetamaterialfortunableasymmetricwavetransmissioninmultiplefrequencybands
AT sagralamri diatomicelasticmetamaterialfortunableasymmetricwavetransmissioninmultiplefrequencybands
AT kttan diatomicelasticmetamaterialfortunableasymmetricwavetransmissioninmultiplefrequencybands
_version_ 1718394965019590656