Longitudinal-twist wave converter based on chiral metamaterials

Autor: Brahim Lemkalli, Muamer Kadic, Youssef El Badri, Sébastien Guenneau, Abdellah Mir, Younes Achaoui
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: New Journal of Physics, Vol 26, Iss 7, p 073026 (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1367-2630
DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/ad617b
Popis: Advances in material architectures have enabled endowing materials with exotic attributes not commonly available in the conventional realm of mechanical engineering. Twisting, a mechanism whereby metamaterials are used to transform static axial load into twist motion, is of particular interest to this study. Herein, computations based on the finite element method, corroborated by a theoretical approach derived from applying Lagrange’s equations to a monoatomic spring-mass system, are employed to explore the longitudinal-twist (L-T) conversion exhibited by a chiral tetragonal-beam metamaterial. Firstly, we perform an eigenvalue analysis taking into account the polarization states to highlight the contribution of the longitudinal mode in the L-T conversion. We contrast the twisting behavior of the chiral cell with that of other homogeneous medium, octagonal-tube, and non-chiral cells. Moreover, we demonstrate the influence of the cell’s chirality on the L-T conversion using both time-domain and frequency-domain studies. The findings indicate that at least a portion of the longitudinally propagating wave is transformed into twist throughout a broad frequency range and even quasi-totally converted at distinct frequencies.
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