Nonlinear phononic crystals based on chains of disks alternating with toroidal structures

作者：Spadoni A^*; Daraio C; Hurst W; Brown M

来源：Applied Physics Letters, 2011, 98(16): 161901.

DOI：10.1063/1.3567753

We study experimentally the acoustic response of a load-bearing, phononic crystal composed of alternating steel disks, and polytetrafluoroethylene o-rings under precompression. The crystal allows for axial, rocking, and shear-polarized wavemodes when excited by a broad-band signal applied off-axis. Finite element analysis is employed to determine the system's wave modes. The nonlinear interaction between disks and o-rings supports a dynamic response that is tunable with variations in static precompression, leading to controllable frequency shifts in a large band gap. A modal analysis reveals that four of the six principal wave modes are susceptible to external precompression while two modes are not.

• 出版日期2011-4-18