Optimization design of the acoustic metamaterial based on the co-simulation method

Abstract

Once the structure of a metamaterial is fixed, it has the property of controlling elastic waves in a fixed frequency range. To obtain a metamaterial with an optimal structure, a co-simulation optimization method is proposed in this paper to optimize the acoustic properties of metamaterials. The method combines the advantages of COMSOL, MATLAB, and ISIGHT to obtain optimal results. Due to the application of the algorithms in ISIGHT, different design requirements can be met, such as designing the bandgap frequency of the acoustic metamaterial in a specific range, reducing the frequency of the bandgap, and improving the overall performance of the STL (sound transmission loss) without manual tuning. To test the feasibility of the method, a new double-panel acoustic metamaterial is also proposed, where the bandgap interval of the metamaterial can be designed to nearly 240 Hz by using the thickness of the support columns and the structural parameters of the open split-ring resonance as bandgap optimization parameters. The bandgap interval can also be lowered from 174 to 193 Hz when different optimization targets are chosen. In addition, the overall performance of the STL can be optimized, showing better absorption of low-frequency noise. Therefore, this co-simulation method can achieve multi-parameter optimization for different optimization targets and ensure that the results obtained by the applied algorithm are optimal. Furthermore, this method has great potential in further development as it avoids complex algorithm programming.