Mechanical & Materials Engineering, Department of
Document Type
Article
Date of this Version
6-29-2017
Citation
2017 Author(s).
Abstract
We design and experimentally demonstrate a dissipative elastic metamaterial structure that functions as a bandpass filter with a low-frequency passband. The mechanism of dissipation in this structure is well described by a mass-spring-damper model that reveals that the imaginary part of the wavenumber is non-zero, even in the passband of dissipative metamaterials. This indicates that transmittance in this range can be low. A prototype for this viscoelastic metamaterial model is fabricated by 3D printing techniques using soft and hard acrylics as constituent materials. The transmittance of the printed metamaterial is measured and shows good agreement with theoretical predictions, demonstrating its potential in the design of compact waveguides, filters and other advanced devices for controlling mechanical waves.
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Comments
(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). [http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4991034] 2158-3226/2017/7(6)/065215/6 7, 065215-1