Wavenumber Scattering and Inter-band Targeted Energy Transfer in Phononic Lattices with Local Vibro-Impact Nonlinearities

Joshua R. Tempelman, Kathryn H. Matlack, Alexander F. Vakakis

We propose a method for manipulating wave propagation in phononic lattices by employing local vibro-impact (VI) nonlinearities to \textit{scatter} energy across the underling linea…