Bridging coupling bandgaps in nonlinear acoustic metamaterials
arXiv:1807.01230 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevApplied.10.054049
Abstract
Nonlinear acoustic metamaterials (NAMs) open new freedoms in exploiting novel technologies for wave manipulations. Recently, the desired ultra-low and ultra-broad-band wave suppressions were achieved by the chaotic bands in NAMs [Nature Commun. 8, 1288 (2017)]. This work describes a remote interaction mechanism in NAMs-bridging coupling of nonlinear locally resonant bandgaps. Bridging bandgaps generate chaotic bands and share the negative mass between nonlinear resonators. The bandwidth and the efficiency for the wave reduction in chaotic bands can be manipulated effectively by modulating the frequency distance between the bridging pair. Theoretical analyses on the triatomic model containing two nonlinearly coupled resonances clarify the principle of bridging bandgaps. NAM beams are created to demonstrate this mechanism experimentally by including the bifurcations of periodic solutions. Our study extends the content of NAMs and more nonlinear effects are anticipated based on this mechanism.
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