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8 May 2017 3D printed metamaterial design to focus wave energy in thin plates
Minoo Kabir, Margaret G. Allen, Didem Ozevin
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Abstract
Acoustic metamaterials are periodic and composite structures that can block, direct and strengthen propagating elastic waves. They are periodic elastic composites made of two or more materials with different elastic properties. The periodic structure can exhibit certain band gaps that are used to manipulate wave field. In this research, the periodic and composite structure is made of aluminum plate and rubber cylinders manufactured using 3D printing. The ability to block and redirect elastic waves is numerically and experimentally demonstrated. Wave field focusing reduces the wave attenuation, which allows increasing the distance of acoustic sensors for damage detection in large-scale structures.
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Minoo Kabir, Margaret G. Allen, and Didem Ozevin "3D printed metamaterial design to focus wave energy in thin plates", Proc. SPIE 10169, Nondestructive Characterization and Monitoring of Advanced Materials, Aerospace, and Civil Infrastructure 2017, 101691I (8 May 2017); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2261348
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KEYWORDS
Wave plates

Wave propagation

Acoustics

Aluminum

Metamaterials

Waveguides

Signal attenuation

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