Theoretical and experimental investigations of flexural wave propagation in periodic grid structures designed with the idea of phononic crystals

The propagation characteristics of flexural waves in periodic grid structures designed with the idea of phononic crystals are investigated by combining the Bloch theorem with the finite element method. This combined analysis yields phase constant surfaces, which predict the location and the extension of band gaps, as well as the directions and the regions of wave propagation at assigned frequencies. The predictions are validated by computation and experimental analysis of the harmonic responses of a finite structure with 11 × 11 unit cells. The flexural wave is localized at the point of excitation in band gaps, while the directional behaviour occurs at particular frequencies in pass bands. These studies provide guidelines to designing periodic structures for vibration attenuation.

Band structure calculation of scalar waves in two-dimensional phononic crystals based on generalized multipole technique

A multiple monopole （or multipole） method based on the generalized mul- tipole technique （GMT） is proposed to calculate the band structures of scalar waves in two-dimensional phononic crystals which are composed of arbitrarily shaped cylinders embedded in a host medium. In order to find the eigenvalues of the problem, besides the sources used to expand the wave field, an extra monopole source is introduced which acts as the external excitation. By varying the frequency of the excitation, the eigenvalues can be localized as the extreme points of an appropriately chosen function. By sweeping the frequency range of interest and sweeping the boundary of the irreducible first Brillouin zone, the band structure is obtained. Some numerical examples are presented to validate the proposed method.

Band structures of transverse waves in nanoscale multilayered phononic crystals with nonlocal interface imperfections by using the radial basis function method

A radial basis function collocation method based on the nonlocal elastic continuum theory is developed to compute the band structures of nanoscale multilayered phononic crystals. The effects of nonlocal imperfect interfaces on band structures of transverse waves propagating obliquely or vertically in the system are studied. The correctness of the present method is verified by comparing the numerical results with those obtained by applying the transfer matrix method in the case of nonlocal perfect interface. Furthermore, the influences of the nanoscale size, the impedance ratio and the incident angle on the cut-off frequency and band structures are investigated and discussed in detail. Numerical results show that the nonlocal interface imperfections have significant effects on the band structures in the macroscopic and microscopic scale.

Acoustic band pinning in the phononic crystal plates of anti-symmetric structure

Acoustic bands are studied numerically for a Lamb wave propagating in an anti-symmetric structure of a one- dimensional periodic plate by using the method of supercell plane-wave expansion. The results show that all the bands are pinned in pairs at the Brillouin zone boundary as long as the anti-symmetry remains and acoustic band gaps （ABGs） only appear between certain bands. In order to reveal the relationship between the band pinning and the anti-symmetry, the method of eigenmode analysis is introduced to calculate the displacement fields of different plate structures. Further, the method of harmony response analysis is employed to calculate the reference spectra to verify the accuracy of numerical calculations of acoustic band map, and both the locations and widths of ABGs in the acoustic band map are in good agreement with those of the reference spectra. The investigations show that the pinning effect is very sensitive to the anti-symmetry of periodic plates, and by introducing different types of breakages, more ABGs or narrow pass bands will appear, which is meaningful in band gap engineering.

Advances in Liquid Crystal Epoxy:Molecular Structures,Thermal Conductivity,and Promising Applications in Thermal Management

Traditional heat conductive epoxy composites often fall short in meeting the escalating heat dissipation demands of large-power,high-frequency,and highvoltage insulating packaging applications,due to the challenge of achieving high thermal conductivity(k),desirable dielectric performance,and robust thermomechanical properties simultaneously.Liquid crystal epoxy(LCE)emerges as a unique epoxy,exhibiting inherently high k achieved through the self-assembly of mesogenic units into ordered structures.This characteristic enables liquid crystal epoxy to retain all the beneficial physical properties of pristine epoxy,while demonstrating a prominently enhanced k.As such,liquid crystal epoxy materials represent a promising solution for thermal management,with potential to tackle the critical issues and technical bottlenecks impeding the increasing miniaturization of microelectronic devices and electrical equipment.This article provides a comprehensive review on recent advances in liquid crystal epoxy,emphasizing the correlation between liquid crystal epoxy’s microscopic arrangement,organized mesoscopic domain,k,and relevant physical properties.The impacts of LC units and curing agents on the development of ordered structure are discussed,alongside the consequent effects on the k,dielectric,thermal,and other properties.External processing factors such as temperature and pressure and their influence on the formation and organization of structured domains are also evaluated.Finally,potential applications that could benefit from the emergence of liquid crystal epoxy are reviewed.

WAVELET METHOD FOR CALCULATING THE DEFECT STATES OF TWO-DIMENSIONAL PHONONIC CRYSTALS

Based on the variational theory, a wavelet-based numerical method is developed to calculate the defect states of acoustic waves in two-dimensional phononic crystals with point and line defects. The supercell technique is applied. By expanding the displacement field and the material constants （mass density and elastic stiffness） in periodic wavelets, the explicit formulations of an eigenvalue problem for the plane harmonic bulk waves in such a phononic structure are derived. The point and line defect states in solid-liquid and solid-solid systems are calculated. Comparisons of the present results with those measured experimentally or those from the plane wave expansion method show that the present method can yield accurate results with faster convergence and less computing time.

ELASTIC WAVE LOCALIZATION IN TWO-DIMENSIONAL PHONONIC CRYSTALS WITH ONE-DIMENSIONAL QUASI-PERIODICITY AND RANDOM DISORDER

The band structures of both in-plane and anti-plane elastic waves propagating in two-dimensional ordered and disordered （in one direction） phononic crystals are studied in this paper. The localization of wave propagation due to random disorder is discussed by introducing the concept of the localization factor that is calculated by the plane-wave-based transfer-matrix method. By treating the quasi-periodicity as the deviation from the periodicity in a special way, two kinds of quasi phononic crystal that has quasi-periodicity （Fibonacci sequence） in one direction and translational symmetry in the other direction are considered and the band structures are characterized by using localization factors. The results show that the localization factor is an effective parameter in characterizing the band gaps of two-dimensional perfect, randomly disordered and quasi-periodic phononic crystals. Band structures of the phononic crystals can be tuned by different random disorder or changing quasi-periodic parameters. The quasi phononic crystals exhibit more band gaps with narrower width than the ordered and randomly disordered systems.

Bandgap calculation for mixed in-plane waves in 2D phononic crystals based on Dirichlet-to-Neumann map

In this paper, a method based on the Dirichlet- to-Neumann map is developed for bandgap calculation of mixed in-plane waves propagating in 2D phononic crystals with square and triangular lattices. The method expresses the scattered fields in a unit cell as the cylindrical wave expansions and imposes the Bloch condition on the boundary of the unit cell. The Dirichlet-to-Neumann （DtN） map is applied to obtain a linear eigenvalue equation, from which the Bloch wave vectors along the irreducible Brillouin zone are calculated for a given frequency. Compared with other methods, the present method is memory-saving and time-saving. It can yield accurate results with fast convergence for various material combinations including those with large acoustic mismatch without extra computational cost. The method is also efficient for mixed fluid-solid systems because it considers the different wave modes in the fluid and solid as well as the proper fluid-solid interface condition.

Investigation of a silicon-based one-dimensional phononic crystal plate via the super-cell plane wave expansion method

The super-cell plane wave expansion method is employed to calculate band structures for the design of a siliconbased one-dimensional phononic crystal plate with large absolute forbidden bands. In this method, a low impedance medium is introduced to replace the free stress boundary, which largely reduces the computational complexity. The dependence of band gaps on structural parameters is investigated in detail. To prove the validity of the super-cell plane wave expansion, the transmitted power spectra of the Lamb wave are calculated by using a finite element method. With the detailed computation, the band-gap of a one-dimensional plate can be designed as required with appropriate structural parameters, which provides a guide to the fabrication of a Lamb wave phononic crystal.

Folding beam-type piezoelectric phononic crystal with low-frequency and broad band gap

A folding beam-type piezoelectric phononic crystal model is proposed to isolate vibration. Two piezoelectric bimorphs are joined by two masses as a folding structure to comprise each unit cell of the piezoelectric phononic crystal. Each bimorph is connected independently by a resistive-inductive resonant shunting circuit. The folding structure extends the propagation path of elastic waves, while its structure size remains quite small. Propagation of coupled extension-flexural elastic waves is studied by the classical laminated beam theory and transfer matrix method. The theoretical model is further verified with the finite element method(FEM). The effects of geometrical and circuit parameters on the band gaps are analyzed. With only 4 unit cells, the folding beam-type piezoelectric phononic crystal generates two Bragg band gaps of 369 Hz to1 687 Hz and 2 127 Hz to 4 000 Hz. In addition, between these two Bragg band gaps, a locally resonant band gap is induced by resonant shunting circuits. Appropriate circuit parameters are used to join these two Bragg band gaps by the locally resonant band gap.Thus, a low-frequency and broad band gap of 369 Hz to 4 000 Hz is obtained.

Size effects on the mixed modes and defect modes for a nano-scale phononic crystal slab

The size-dependent band structure of an Si phononic crystal(PnC)slab with an air hole is studied by utilizing the non-classic wave equations of the nonlocal strain gradient theory(NSGT).The three-dimensional(3D)non-classic wave equations for the anisotropic material are derived according to the differential form of the NSGT.Based on the the general form of partial differential equation modules in COMSOL,a method is proposed to solve the non-classic wave equations.The bands of the in-plane modes and mixed modes are identified.The in-plane size effect and thickness effect on the band structure of the PnC slab are compared.It is found that the thickness effect only acts on the mixed modes.The relative width of the band gap is widened by the thickness effect.The effects of the geometric parameters on the thickness effect of the mixed modes are further studied,and a defect is introduced to the PnC supercell to reveal the influence of the size effects with stiffness-softening and stiffness-hardening on the defect modes.This study paves the way for studying and designing PnC slabs at nano-scale.

Peierls Structural Transition in Q1D Organic Crystals of TTT<SUB>2</SUB>I<SUB>3</SUB>for Different Values of Carrier Concentration

The Peierls structural transition in the TTT2I3 (tetrathiotetracene-iodide) crystal, for different values of carrier concentration is studied in 3D approximation. A crystal physical model is applied that considers two of the most important hole-phonon interactions. The first interaction describes the deformation potential and the second one is of polaron type. In the presented physical model, the interaction of carriers with the structural defects is taken into account. This is crucial for the explanation of the transition. The renormalized phonon spectrum is calculated in the random phase approximation for different temperatures applying the method of Green functions. The renormalized phonon frequencies for different temperatures are presented in two cases. In the first case the interaction between TTT chains is neglected. In the second one, this interaction is taken into account. Computer simulations for the 3D physical model of the TTT2I3 crystal are performed for different values of dimensionless Fermi momentum kF, that is determined by variation of carrier concentration. It is shown that the transition is of Peierls type and strongly depends on iodine concentration. Finally, the Peierls critical temperature was determined.

Using coupling slabs to tailor surface-acoustic-wave band structures in phononic crystals consisting of pillars attached to elastic substrates

The propagation of surface acoustic waves(SAWs) in two-dimensional phononic crystals(PnCs) with and without coupling-enhancement slabs was theoretically investigated using a three-dimensional finite element method.Different piezoelectric substrates,for example,lithium niobate(LiNbO_3),gallium nitride(GaN),and aluminium nitride(A1N),were taken into account.Compared to the PnCs without coupling-enhancement slabs,the coupling between each pillar and its nearest neighbor was largely enhanced in the presence of slabs.The bandwidth of the first directional band gap increased markedly compared with its initial value for the PnCs without a slab(within square symmetry).In addition,with increasing thicknesses of the slabs bonded between neighboring pillars,the first directional band-gap and second directional band gap of the PnCs tend to merge.Therefore,the structure with coupling-enhancement slabs can be used as an excellent electrical band elimination filter for most electro-SAW devices,offering a new strategy to realize chip-scale applications in electroacoustic signal processing,optoacoustic modulation,and even SAW microfluidic devices.

Wavelet-Based Boundary Element Method for Calculating the Band Structures of Two-Dimensional Phononic Crystals

A wavelet-based boundary element method is employed to calculate the band structures of two-dimensional phononic crystals,which are composed of square or triangular lattices with scatterers of arbitrary cross sections.With the aid of structural periodicity,the boundary integral equations of both the scatterer and the matrix are discretized in a unit cell.To make the curve boundary compatible,the second-order scaling functions of the B-spline wavelet on the interval are used to approximate the geometric boundaries,while the boundary variables are interpolated by scaling functions of arbitrary order.For any given angular frequency,an effective technique is given to yield matrix values related to the boundary shape.Thereafter,combining the periodic boundary conditions and interface conditions,linear eigenvalue equations related to the Bloch wave vector are developed.Typical numerical examples illustrate the superior performance of the proposed method by comparing with the conventional BEM.

Band structure properties of elastic waves propagating in the nanoscaled nearly periodic layered phononic crystals

The localization factor is used to describe the band structures for P wave propagating normally in the nanoscaled nearly periodic layered phononic crystals. The localization factor is calculated by the transfer matrix method based on the nonlocal elastic continuum theory.Three kinds of nearly periodic arrangements are concerned, i.e., random disorder, quasiperiodicity and defects. The influences of randomly disordered degree of the sub-layer＇s thickness and mass density, the arrangement of quasi-periodicity and the location of defect on the band structures and cut-off frequency are analyzed in detail.

Band gap structure analysis of phononic crystal rods with hybrid shunted piezoelectric patches

The band gap structures by arranging hybrid shunted piezoelectric materialswith resistance inductive （RL） circuit and negative impedance converter （NIC） closely and at in- tervals are presented. The theoretical model is built using transfer matrix method. Then the MATLAB computing language is utilized to simulate the band gap structures. Meanwhile, the effects of the resistance, inductance and capacitance on the local resonant gap are studied. By comparing different combinations of resistance, inductance and capacitance as well as different arrangement of circuits, a 13 kHz band gap is reached under the effect of arranging hybrid pe- riodic shunted piezoelectric patches at intervals and the stability of the system is also analyzed. It is proved that utilizing hybrid shunted piezoelectric patches would have a clear impact on the band gap structure of phononic crystal rods. Moreover, the band gap would be clearly enlarged by arranging hybrid piezoelectric patches at intervals.

基于局域共振型声子晶体塔筒结构海上风机减振特性研究

针对海上风机的振动控制问题,提出一种局域共振型声子晶体塔筒结构,基于周期结构的Bloch定理,采用有限元法计算该结构的能带结构、特征模态所对应的位移场以及相应有限周期声子晶体塔筒结构的振动传输曲线,对其展现出的带隙特性进行分析。基于局域共振带隙的形成,研究声子晶体塔筒结构的振动控制问题,可将其应用于不同海洋环境中海上风机特定频率的减振。得出声子晶体塔筒结构在xy平面内与z方向上受激励时的振动传输曲线,选取两者在特定频率下的结构位移图分别进行分析,计算出非理想化声子晶体塔筒结构在xy平面内与z方向上受激励时的振动传输曲线并加以对比。研究各参数对声子晶体塔筒结构带隙衰减频段的影响规律,通过合理调整设计参数,可以实现结构特定范围内的低频隔振,证明其在复杂海洋环境中海上风机减振方面具有很好的应用前景。

恒频声学二极管的设计及特性研究

声学二极管能控制声波仅在一个方向有效传输在反方向无法传播,在通信技术中具有广泛的应用,然而目前大多数的声学二极管设计是基于非线性效应使系统只通过新的高次频率并阻止原频率的传输.本文利用不对称结构与弱非线性声子晶体的组合,提出了一种一维声二极管模型,实现弹性波的不对称传输,并保持频率不变.该模型由左端的变幅杆和右端的非线性弹簧质量链组成,理论分析表明,该声学二极管具有与电子二极管相同的正向和反向特性,并通过有限元仿真验证了该模型的有效性.

基于FGMs的声子晶体带隙调控及振动特性研究

为抑制舰艇典型板壳结构低频振动,基于局域共振理论,设计了一种悬臂式声子晶体结构,开展了数值计算并揭示带隙发生机理,探究了各尺寸参数对带隙特性的影响。同时基于功能梯度材料(functional gradient materials, FGMs)思想,提出固有频率梯度组合带隙调控方法,可有效拓宽低频带隙范围。最后,设计振动特性试验并分析误差产生的原因。结果表明:悬臂梁边长越长,带隙宽度变窄,悬臂梁宽度及厚度增加,带隙宽度变宽;固有频率梯度组合研究中,当整体固有频率变化率小于8.1%时,带隙范围有效拓宽。当相邻两者固有频率变化率大于12.27%时,可呈现多频带隙特性;增加悬臂梁安装数量可在固有频率梯度组合的基础上进一步拓宽禁带范围,该研究成果可为船舶板壳结构隔振设计提供参考。

弹性支撑条件下声子晶体角梁结构振动特性分析研究

为了进一步探究一维声子晶体结构的振动特性,本文开展了弹性支撑条件下一维声子晶体角梁结构弯曲位移的振动特性研究。通过采用有限元分析法,分别对L型和T型声子晶体角梁结构进行模型建立,并对频率范围内的弯曲位移响应曲线进行绘制。同时,对弹性支撑条件、晶格长度、组分比、连接角度以及弹性支撑刚度对不同类型声子晶体角梁结构的带隙影响规律进行了研究。结果表明,弹性支撑刚度对声子晶体角梁结构的第一带隙有着明显的影响。