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Novel meter-scale seismic metamaterial with low-frequency wide bandgap for Lamb waves

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ENGINEERING STRUCTURES
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DOI: 10.1016/j.engstruct.2022.115321

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Phononic crystals; Seismic metamaterial; Local resonance; Band structure; Bandgap; Vibration isolation; Transmission spectrum

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A novel seismic metamaterial (SM) composed of steel and rubber is proposed for attenuating ultra-low frequency seismic Lamb waves. The band structure and bandgaps of SMs are analyzed using the finite element method and the vibration modes of waves at the bandgap boundary frequency are studied. The authenticity of the bandgaps is confirmed through the analysis of the transmission spectrum. Parameter analyses reveal that geometric variables, material properties, equivalent mass density, and structural matrix forms significantly affect the bandgap and transmission properties. The proposed SM has a smaller size while maintaining wide bandgaps at 0-20 Hz, effectively covering the 2 Hz seismic peak spectrum that causes building destruction.
Seismic metamaterials (SMs) have attracted the attention of many researchers in the field of damping and elastic wave isolation because of their bandgap properties, i.e., attenuating elastic waves in the range of bandgaps. However, the dimension of these SMs often reaches the 10-meter scale, which impedes practical engineering application. To break through this bottleneck and achieve a smaller scale, a meter-scale novel SM composed of steel and rubber is proposed for attenuating ultra-low frequency seismic Lamb waves. Firstly, the finite element method is used to analyze the band structure of SMs and calculate the bandgaps. To explain the mechanism of bandgap, the vibration modes of the waves at the bandgap boundary frequency are further analyzed. Subse-quently, the transmission spectrum of Lamb waves incidents on the finite SMs system is analyzed to prove the authenticity of the bandgaps. Finally, parameter analyses including the geometric variables, material properties, equivalent mass density, and structural matrix forms with identical equivalent mass density are investigated numerically. The results show that Lamb waves in the range of 0-20 Hz are significantly attenuated by SMs, and the aforementioned parameters are significant factors affecting the bandgap properties and transmission prop-erties. The proposed SM has a smaller size while maintaining some wide bandgaps at 0-20 Hz for ultra-low frequencies. It is worth noting that the 2 Hz seismic peak spectrum causing the destruction of building struc-tures is covered effectively.

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