Adaptive metamaterials for broadband sound absorption at low frequencies
Autor: | Yunhong Liao, Yangyang Chen, Guoliang Huang, Xiaoming Zhou |
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Rok vydání: | 2018 |
Předmět: |
010302 applied physics
Materials science Acoustics Bandwidth (signal processing) Physics::Optics Metamaterial 02 engineering and technology 021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology Condensed Matter Physics 01 natural sciences Piezoelectricity Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics Wavelength Mechanics of Materials Attenuation coefficient 0103 physical sciences Signal Processing Broadband General Materials Science Electrical and Electronic Engineering Center frequency 0210 nano-technology Electrical impedance Civil and Structural Engineering |
Zdroj: | Smart Materials and Structures. 28:025005 |
ISSN: | 1361-665X 0964-1726 |
DOI: | 10.1088/1361-665x/aaeceb |
Popis: | We propose and design a new adaptive sound absorption metamaterial targeting broadband airborne noise at extremely low frequencies. The metamaterial consists of two piezoelectric smart elements: a circular aluminum membrane with surface-bonded piezoelectric films controlled by shunting circuits enclosed with an air cavity for nearly total acoustic absorption at narrow-band frequencies; a hybrid-circuit shunted piezoelectric stack which is mechanically grounded attached to the center of the membrane for purely stiffness control to broaden this high-absorption bandwidth. A piezoelectric-structural-acoustic coupled model is firstly developed to evaluate the sound absorption of the metamaterial. We then perform analytical and numerical tests on metamaterials with and without the piezoelectric stack to design a metamaterial with broadband absorption at desired low frequencies. The underlying adaptive mechanism is to automatically regulate the effective acoustic resistance and reactance of the metamaterial to achieve impedance match conditions, according to different frequencies of inputs. Our numerical results demonstrate that the absorption coefficient of the adaptive metamaterial can be greater than 0.9 in the frequency region, 112–236 Hz with the relative bandwidth being around 0.7. The metamaterial thickness is 30 mm, which is nearly 1/65.6 wavelength of the central frequency of the absorption band. The proposed adaptive metamaterial may open a new avenue towards broadband sound absorption at extremely low frequencies. |
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