低频弹性波超材料的若干进展

超材料是一类新兴的具有超常物理性质的人造周期/拟周期材料, 能够改变电磁波、声波以及弹性波等在介质中的传播特性. 因在航天、国防以及民用科学等方面的巨大应用潜力, 超材料自被提出后便受到极大的关注并引发研究热潮. 弹性波超材料是超材料的一种, 能够基于弹性波与超材料结构的相互耦合作用实现对弹性波的操控. 带隙是评估弹性波超材料实现弹性波操控的重要工具, 其性质与超材料的材料参数、晶格常数以及局域振子的固有频率相关. 受制于超材料的承载能力、外观尺寸以及局域振子结构等因素, 利用传统超材料开启低频(约100 Hz)弹性波带隙依然存在较大困难. 文章首先简要介绍超材料开启弹性波带隙的基本原理, 然后从低频弹性波超材料基本结构与低频带隙实现方法、低频带隙优化与调控策略、低频带隙潜在应用等三个方面详细总结低频弹性波超材料的研究工作. 其中, 低频带隙超材料的基本结构主要包括布拉格散射型超材料、传统局域共振型超材料以及准零刚度局域共振超材料. 文章通过总结低频弹性波超材料的研究进展, 分析了目前研究中的不足并对未来低频弹性波的研究方向进行了展望.      

多孔压电分流超材料及其带隙特性研究

设计了一种新型多孔压电分流超材料构型,以单、双孔元胞构型为例,研究了其带隙特性和有限周期振动传递特性,并与未开孔压电分流超材料板进行了对比分析。计算结果表明:与未开孔压电超材料相比,两种构型在低频处的压电局域共振带隙频率更低,带宽变窄,且均会在高频范围内出现额外带隙,随着孔宽δ的增大,额外带隙数量逐渐增多;对应特定的孔宽δ的两种元胞构型均产生带宽大于1kHz的超宽带隙。该构型结合了压电分流超材料和声子晶体的特点,与传统未开孔压电分流超材料相比,具备低频和高频同时抑振的特性。     

基于局域共振声子晶体结构的低频振动能量回收研究

通过对局域共振型声子晶体的带隙机理及其对能量的局域化作用的分析,提出了一种用于回收环境低频振动能量的新型局域共振结构,并结合有限元方法对此新型结构的振动特性和能量回收能力进行了分析和研究。根据结构的共振模态和“质量-弹簧”系统简化模型,改变结构的材料和几何尺寸可以使结构的前7阶共振频率降到50~250Hz的低频范围。在此基础上发展了一种低频宽带多核结构,在250Hz以下拥有几十甚至更多的共振频率,最低频率低至20Hz,进一步优化了结构的低频宽带共振特性。利用有限元软件对有限结构的频率响应和压电特性进行分析,证实了新型局域共振结构的对环境中低频振动能量的回收能力,并满足了环境振动能量回收的宽带要求。该结构可以应用于各种便携式设备、无线传感器和微机电等自供电系统中,从低频振动环境中的获取能量为自身供电。     

局域共振型声子晶体板缺陷态带隙及其俘能特性研究

设计了一种由圆柱形散射体嵌入环氧树脂基体而组成的周期阵列局域共振型声子晶体板结构, 分析了其平直带区域以及缺陷态的能量集中特性, 并研究了其振动能量采集特性. 首先基于超元胞法结合有限元方法分析了5 $\times$ 5完美声子晶体结构和缺陷态声子晶体结构的能带曲线和能量传输特性; 考虑点缺陷局域共振声子晶体结构的能量集中特性, 利用压电材料代替超元胞中某点的散射体材料引入点缺陷, 分析其振动能量采集特性, 结果表明单个5 $\times$ 5点缺陷超胞结构共振频带较窄; 为提升俘能效率, 提出两种由3个具有不同缺陷态数量和构型的5 $\times$ 5超元胞结构并联而成的5 $\times$ 15声子晶体板结构, 机电耦合特性分析结果表明: 所提出的局域共振型声子晶体板结构克服了单个点缺陷超胞结构缺陷模过少、共振频带过窄的局限性, 拓宽了俘能器的工作频带, 提高了输出电压; 此外, 引入不同的缺陷态数量和构型, 可以进一步拓宽俘能带宽, 实现更好的俘能效果.      

力-压电混合弹性超材料梁的带隙调节特性

为实现宽带低频减振,本文将力振子和串联负电容的压电分流振子分别置于基体上下两侧,设计了混合弹性超材料梁。基于传递矩阵法建立了理论模型,用于计算混合弹性超材料梁的频散关系和动态有效参数,通过有限元法进行了验证。分别采用理论方法和数值方法研究了电路元件参数对混合弹性超材料梁的带隙和振动衰减特性的调节机理,通过与单振子超材料的带隙对比,分析了两种振子间的相互影响。结果表明：电路元件参数主要影响压电分流振子产生的带隙的位置、宽度及带隙内的振动衰减程度;两种振子的带隙重叠区域不一定为通带;两种振子会因为负动态有效刚度范围靠近而相互影响。本研究将为此类超材料的设计提供参考依据。     

圆管型局域共振声子晶体三维构型振动带隙研究

采用多重多级子结构方法计算具有一定刚度的圆管型局域共振声子晶体三维构型振动带隙特性。考察包裹方向对带隙特性的影响,并对第一带隙上下边界点的单胞振动形式进行分析。结果表明,两种包裹形式都可以得到较低较宽的第一带隙,并且带隙特性相似,因而其周期结构都可以大幅减弱带隙范围内弹性波的传播。但两种构型带隙上下边界点对应振动形式不同,此外带隙特性还受单胞尺寸的影响。通过给定评价指标得到相关材料参数与带隙特性关系的相图,由此分析包裹层材料属性对带隙特性的影响。     

基于碰撞升频的MEMS压电振动能量采集系统

本文提出了一种基于碰撞升频机制的微型压电能量采集系统，由一对共振频率不同的悬臂梁平行叠放组成。在外界低频振动激励下，底部低频S形金属曲梁产生共振，在运动过程中碰撞顶部高频微型压电直梁，从而将低频环境振动转换为高频压电梁的振动，解决了压电直梁的固有频率与外界激励频率不匹配问题，同时提高能量收集的效率。本文建立了悬臂梁受迫振动和碰撞耦合振动的动力学模型，讨论了压电悬臂梁的电压输出特性。通过实验测试了压电能量收集系统和单个压电悬臂梁的开路电压并计算了输出功率，结果表明当振动加速度为1.0 g时，升频式压电能量采集系统在25 Hz的激振下输出功率达到8.6 μW，高于单个压电悬臂梁的最大输出功率。     

准零刚度驱动式压电低频振动能量采集方法

如何高效且经济环保地为数以万计的传感器网络节点供电,是物联网快速发展和大范围应用的瓶颈性难题.将振动能转换为电能以实现传感器自供电是物联网传感器网络节点供能的潜在方案.但是,环境振动中低频成分占比较大,而传统振动能量采集方法较难实现低频(<10 Hz)振动能量的高效转化,这限制了振动能量采集技术在物联网领域的大范围应用.文章提出了一种准零刚度驱动式压电振动能量采集装置,可将环境、人体及部分机械设备的低频振动能量高效地转化为电能.首先利用能量法得到压电俘能单元的机电耦合方程,并用谐波平衡法获得系统动力学及电学响应的解析表达式,同时对比了数值解与解析表达式的结果;进一步探究了阻尼比、激励幅值等参数对动力学响应及电学输出的影响.最后加工制备了准零刚度驱动式压电振动能量采集装置样机,搭建了实验平台,测试了系统的动力学响应与电学输出,验证了理论结果的正确性.研究结果显示当频率为2.5 Hz时,准零刚度驱动式压电振动能量采集装置中单个能量转化单元的最大峰值电压达到25 V.文章提出的准零刚度压电能量采集装置有望克服传统共振型压电能量采集装置能量采集频带依赖于能量采集系统固有频率以及多稳态能量...     

超材料混凝土的带隙特征及对冲击波的衰减效应

借鉴超材料的研究思路，在混凝土中引入谐振骨料，设计出具有消波特性的超材料混凝土。首先，通过结构动力学方法计算超材料混凝土的有效质量，从而建立了超材料混凝土带隙起始频率及截止频率的简化模型，并给出了带隙起始频率及截止频率的理论表达式。然后，分析了涂层弹性模量、芯柱密度、基体密度、骨料体积占比和芯柱边长与软涂层厚度比对超材料混凝土带隙特征的影响。最后，采用数值模拟的方法，对比了超材料混凝土和普通混凝土对冲击波的衰减效应。研究结果表明:(1)低弹性模量涂层能够形成低频带隙，但带隙宽度较窄，而高弹性模量涂层能够形成较宽的带隙，但带隙起始频率较高；(2)通过选择高密度芯柱材料和低密度基体材料，可以得到低频、宽带隙特征；(3)通过增大骨料体积占比和芯柱边长与软涂层厚度比可以实现扩宽带隙的目的；(4)与普通混凝土相比，超材料混凝土对冲击波具有更好的衰减作用。     

梁的纵向与横向耦合振动的动力学分析

研究了梁发生纵向与横向耦合振动时的非线性动力学行为.从梁的基本方程出发,利用Galerkin截断得到了梁含二次非线性项和三次非线性项的运动微分方程,并通过多尺度法对控制方程进行摄动求解得出了梁纵向模态和横向模态之间产生的内共振.然后对内共振条件下的梁进行了分析和数值模拟,分别讨论了纵向和横向荷载作用下结构的动力学特征.分析表明一定条件下梁存在能量在振动模态间传递的饱和现象,并且某些参数组合下纵向和横向振动之间存在相互耦合的无周期响应现象,从而引起梁结构的大幅振动.     

Investigation of flexural wave band gaps in a locally resonant metamaterial with plate-like resonators

This paper presents an investigation of flexural wave band gaps in locally resonant metamaterials (LRMs). An LRM is a periodic structure consisting of repeated unit cells containing a local resonator. Due to the local resonance occurring in the unit cell, the LRM induces a band gap (a frequency band in which no waves propagate). Discrete-like or beam-like resonators have generally been used to realise LRMs in previous research. By extending the beam-like resonator configuration, this paper studies LRMs with a plate-like resonator to exploit its advantages with respect to large design freedom. In order to understand flexural wave band gaps in an LRM with plate-like resonators, parametric studies are conducted with the development of a finite element model. Further, the influences of the plate-like resonator design parameters on flexural wave band gaps are investigated. Based on the parametric studies, the rules governing band gap properties are determined. Finally, tailoring flexural wave band gaps by adjusting the parameters is discussed.     

DYNAMICAL CHARACTERISTICS ANALYSIS FOR UNILATERAL CONSTRAINED SIMPLY SUPPORTED BEAM WITH HARMONIC WAVE EXCITATION1)

为研究间隙碰撞对系统动力学响应的影响,以理想简支梁的振型函数为Rayleigh--Ritz基函数建立了单侧约束简支梁系统的非线性离散动力学方程组,应用数值方法研究了系统在基础谐波激励下的动力学响应特征及其对共振频率线性等效方法适用性的影响。研究表明：非线性动力学系统间隙产生的局部碰撞,使得系统振动能量在系统各阶模态之间转移,使得线性等效方法失效;即使进行非线性分析,也需要考虑系统固有频率远大于激励频段上限的模态。     

Complex response of an oscillating vertical cantilever with clearance

We study the dynamics of an elastic inverted pendulum with amplitude limiters excited horizontally. This particular model corresponds to a class of systems where a clearance is present naturally as an effect of imperfect clamping or it is included to tailor the response. We explore the complex responses of the system for a fixed value of amplitude clearance. The simulation and experimental results are analysed by a 0–1 test, Fourier, and wavelet transforms. The results show that the system can vibrate with subharmonic solution where the main response frequency of a flexible beam is 3 times lower than the excitaion frequency. We claim that an inverted pendulum with imperfect clamping of mechanical resonator can be used in broad frequency band energy harvesting.

     

Modeling and analysis of piezoelectric beam with periodically variable cross-sections for vibration energy harvesting

A bimorph piezoelectric beam with periodically variable cross-sections is used for the vibration energy harvesting. The effects of two geometrical parameters on the first band gap of this periodic beam are investigated by the generalized differential quadrature rule (GDQR) method. The GDQR method is also used to calculate the forced vibration response of the beam and voltage of each piezoelectric layer when the beam is subject to a sinusoidal base excitation. Results obtained from the analytical method are compared with those obtained from the finite element simulation with ANSYS, and good agreement is found. The voltage output of this periodic beam over its first band gap is calculated and compared with the voltage output of the uniform piezoelectric beam. It is concluded that this periodic beam has three advantages over the uniform piezoelectric beam, i.e., generating more voltage outputs over a wide frequency range, absorbing vibration, and being less weight.     

Active elastic metamaterials for subwavelength wave propagation control

Recent research activities in elastic metamaterials demonstrate a significant potential for subwavelength wave propagation control owing to their interior locally resonant mechanism. The growing technological developments in electro/magnetomechanical couplings of smart materials have introduced a controlling degree of freedom for passive elastic metamaterials. Active elastic metamaterials could allow for a fine control of material physical behavior and thereby induce new functional properties that cannot be produced by passive approaches. In this paper, two types of active elastic metamaterials with shunted piezoelectric materials and electrorheological elastomers are proposed.Theoretical analyses and numerical validations of the active elastic metamaterials with detailed microstructures are presented for designing adaptive applications in band gap structures and extraordinary waveguides. The active elastic metamaterial could provide a new design methodology for adaptive wave filters, high signal-to-noise sensors, and structural health monitoring applications.     

Resonance-coupling effect on broad band gap formation in locally resonant sonic metamaterials

To broaden the resonant band gap in locally resonant sonic metamaterials (LRSMs), coupled resonance was introduced through a stacked structure. Stacked-structure LRSMs are formed by orthogonally stacking square coated-steel rods and embedding them layer by layer in an epoxy matrix. Calculations suggest that stacked-structure LRSMs have wider band gaps, which are adaptable to all types of vibration polarizations. Using vibration modes and a mass–spring model, strong coupling was confirmed between the orthogonal resonances at the upper edge of the band gap, providing a wider bandwidth. Moreover, the effects of the rod width, thickness of coating material and viscoelastic damping on the band gap were investigated. The close relationship of the bandwidth with the strength of coupling between resonances was thereby demonstrated.