Metamaterials are an emerging type of man-made material capable of obtaining some extraordinary properties that cannot be realized by naturally occurring materials.Due to tremendous application foregrounds in wave man...Metamaterials are an emerging type of man-made material capable of obtaining some extraordinary properties that cannot be realized by naturally occurring materials.Due to tremendous application foregrounds in wave manipulations,metamaterials have gained more and more attraction.Especially,developing research interest of low-frequency vibration attenuation using metamaterials has emerged in the past decades.To better understand the fundamental principle of opening low-frequency(below 100 Hz)band gaps,a general view on the existing literature related to low-frequency band gaps is presented.In this review,some methods for fulfilling low-frequency band gaps are firstly categorized and detailed,and then several strategies for tuning the low-frequency band gaps are summarized.Finally,the potential applications of this type of metamaterial are briefly listed.This review is expected to provide some inspirations for realizing and tuning the low-frequency band gaps by means of summarizing the related literature.展开更多
In this paper,a tunable locally resonant metamaterial is proposed for low-frequency band gaps.The local resonator composed of two pairs of folded slender beams and a proof mass is designed based on the theory of compl...In this paper,a tunable locally resonant metamaterial is proposed for low-frequency band gaps.The local resonator composed of two pairs of folded slender beams and a proof mass is designed based on the theory of compliant mechanism.The design optimization on geometric parameters is carried out to fulfil the quasi-zero-stiffness property.The locally resonant metamaterial is formed by periodically arranged unit cells,and the transmittance of longitudinal wave is studied through three aspects:numerical predictions,finite element simulations and experimental tests.The variation trends revealed by these three methods match well with one another:the band gap moves to lower frequency and both its depth and width get smaller and smaller with the increase of pre-compression(Δ).The band gap overlays the frequency range of 73.10–92.38 Hz and 16.78–19.49 Hz atΔ=0mm andΔ=10mm,respectively,providing a wide range of tunability.Besides,the ultralow-frequency band gap can be achieved asΔapproaches 10 mm.This study may provide an avenue for achieving the tunable ultralow-frequency locally resonant band gap.展开更多
基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.12002122,11972152,and 12122206)the Natural Science Foundation of Hunan Province of China(No.2021JJ40092)the Natural Science Foundation of Chongqing of China(No.cstc2021jcyj-msxmX0461)。
文摘Metamaterials are an emerging type of man-made material capable of obtaining some extraordinary properties that cannot be realized by naturally occurring materials.Due to tremendous application foregrounds in wave manipulations,metamaterials have gained more and more attraction.Especially,developing research interest of low-frequency vibration attenuation using metamaterials has emerged in the past decades.To better understand the fundamental principle of opening low-frequency(below 100 Hz)band gaps,a general view on the existing literature related to low-frequency band gaps is presented.In this review,some methods for fulfilling low-frequency band gaps are firstly categorized and detailed,and then several strategies for tuning the low-frequency band gaps are summarized.Finally,the potential applications of this type of metamaterial are briefly listed.This review is expected to provide some inspirations for realizing and tuning the low-frequency band gaps by means of summarizing the related literature.
基金The authors gratefully acknowledge the support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(11972152,11832009)the National Key R&D Program of China(2017YFB1102801)the Laboratory of Science and Technology on Integrated Logistics Support.
文摘In this paper,a tunable locally resonant metamaterial is proposed for low-frequency band gaps.The local resonator composed of two pairs of folded slender beams and a proof mass is designed based on the theory of compliant mechanism.The design optimization on geometric parameters is carried out to fulfil the quasi-zero-stiffness property.The locally resonant metamaterial is formed by periodically arranged unit cells,and the transmittance of longitudinal wave is studied through three aspects:numerical predictions,finite element simulations and experimental tests.The variation trends revealed by these three methods match well with one another:the band gap moves to lower frequency and both its depth and width get smaller and smaller with the increase of pre-compression(Δ).The band gap overlays the frequency range of 73.10–92.38 Hz and 16.78–19.49 Hz atΔ=0mm andΔ=10mm,respectively,providing a wide range of tunability.Besides,the ultralow-frequency band gap can be achieved asΔapproaches 10 mm.This study may provide an avenue for achieving the tunable ultralow-frequency locally resonant band gap.
