Auxetic hybrid metamaterial with tunable elastic wave bandgap

Abstract

Auxetic metamaterials have shown good stability and uniform deformation capabilities against influences (vibration, temperature change, load change), making them significant in maintaining and adjusting the bandgap of phonon crystals. The low-frequency and broadband are the important goals of phonon crystals. For most traditional re-entrant honeycomb structures (T-RHS), the bandgap range is narrow and tunability is poor. Here, an auxetic hybrid structure with tunable acoustic bandgap (AHS-T) consisting of periodic mass inclusions integrated with traditional re-entrant honeycomb and chiral hybrid is proposed. Aiming at investigating the tunability of the bandgap in the low-frequency range. Compared with T-RHS, the bandgap real-time adjustment and wider bandwidth of the AHS-T be realized during compression and tension. The numerical results show that the bandgap of the AHS-T can be flexibly tailored by reasonably adjusting the strain and geometrical configurations of AHS-T. The bandwidth of AHS-T can be increased to 87.1% when the bottom diameter Db and column height H of the scatterer are changed reasonably. Moreover, the deformation behavior of auxetic material has an auxiliary effect on expanding the bandwidth. Compared with the structure which is not subjected to load, the adjustable amplitude of the bandgap is 41%. The findings of this work provide a design idea for manipulating elastic waves in dynamic environment.