Phononic crystals’ band gap manipulation via displacement modes

Journal Article (2023)
Author(s)

S. Valappil (TU Delft - Computational Design and Mechanics)

Alejandro Aragon (TU Delft - Computational Design and Mechanics)

JFL Goosen (TU Delft - Computational Design and Mechanics)

Research Group
Computational Design and Mechanics
Copyright
© 2023 S. Valiya Valappil, A.M. Aragon, J.F.L. Goosen
DOI related publication
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssc.2022.115061
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Publication Year
2023
Language
English
Copyright
© 2023 S. Valiya Valappil, A.M. Aragon, J.F.L. Goosen
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Research Group
Computational Design and Mechanics
Volume number
361
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Abstract

Phononic crystal band gaps (BGs), which are realized by Bragg scattering, have a central frequency and width related to the unit cell's size and the impedance mismatch between material phases. BG tuning has generally been performed by either trial and error or by computational tools such as topology optimization. In either case, understanding how to systematically change the design for a particular band structure is missing. This paper addresses this by closely studying the displacement modes within the wavebands that are responsible for the BG. We look at the variation in different displacement modes due to the changes in the geometry and correlate these changes to their corresponding band structures. We then use this insight to design the unit cell for a particular application, for instance, for generating partial BGs.