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。     

压电超构材料及其波动控制研究:现状与展望

弹性波超构材料是一种人为设计的周期结构材料, 因其独特的力学性能而受到广泛的关注, 在军用和民用领域都展现出重要而独特的应用前景. 根据需求主动或被动地调控弹性波超构材料的力学特性, 能够赋予其更强的适用性能. 其调控的方式多种多样, 其中运用压电材料进行调控是一种方便、速度快、精度高、体积小且价格低的调控方式. 文章中首先简要地介绍弹性波超构材料、可调超构材料、压电材料和几种常用的分流电路的基本特性. 然后依据压电材料在弹性波超构材料中应用形式的不同, 将其分为两大类: 第一类中, 压电材料作为主体结构材料或主体结构的一部分组成材料; 第二类中, 压电材料主要以压电弹簧或压电片的形式贴附于主体结构的表面或内嵌在结构中, 作为激励器或/和传感器. 文章主要介绍两种类型弹性波超构材料的研究内容和发展历史, 涉及带隙调控、波导、负折射、超传输、拓扑态、隐身以及外接分流电路等. 最后总结压电弹性波超构材料研究的不足之处并给出相应的未来研究展望.      

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.      

低频振动隔离和能量采集双功能超材料

振动隔离和能量采集一体化是一种能够将有害振动隔离并转化为电能收集利用的动力学机制. 本文从局域共振超材料存在低频带隙特性出发, 研究了振动隔离和能量采集双功能超材料的动力学行为. 通过在球型磁腔内放置固接了感应线圈的球摆构成具有能量采集功能的球摆型谐振器, 并将其周期性的放置在基体梁中, 可以将带隙频率范围内的振动聚集在谐振器内, 以实现振动隔离和能量采集双功能. 建立了横向激励下双功能超材料梁的动力学方程, 应用Bloch's定理得到超材料的能带结构, 通过有限元仿真验证了理论模型和研究方法. 研究了不同参数下超材料梁的带隙特性. 进一步将一维拓展到二维, 研究了二维双功能超材料板的振动隔离和能量采集性能. 最后, 设计并建造了振动隔离和能量采集一体化双功能超材料动力学实验平台, 解析、数值和实验结果表明, 在局域共振带隙的频率范围内, 超材料梁主体的振动明显被抑制, 与此同时, 振动被局限在谐振器中, 使采集到的电压达到了最大值. 通过对附加谐振器和没有附加谐振器的能带结构和幅频响应的对比, 发现球摆型谐振器的加入可以在低频范围内形成了一个局域共振带隙, 有效提高了超材料梁在低频处的振动隔离和能量采集性能.      

用两种功能材料综合控制智能梁的振动

给出了用两种材料对梁进行振动控制的综合控制方法。采用多层分布压电层进行精密主动控制时,将压电传感层和压电致动层分割成若干单元来设计压电模态传感器和压电模态致动器,进而实现了梁的模态控制,同时利用形状记忆合金的超弹性特性对梁进行被动控制来抑制梁的大振幅振动,取得了很好的控制效果。     

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。     

弹磁强化能量阱瞬态动力学响应实验研究

为提升传统刚度基立方非线性能量阱的性能，在立方刚度振子两侧加入弹磁元件，从而构造出一种新型弹磁强化非线性能量阱，通过实验研究了该能量阱的瞬态动力学响应。弹磁元件是由压缩弹簧和安装在弹簧上的永磁铁构成的，该磁铁与安装在质量块上的磁铁之间存在斥力。当立方振子进行往复运动时，磁斥力可以对振子的响应进行调节。在不同初始位移下，对比研究了加入磁铁前后振子的位移响应之间的差异，分析了弹磁元件对振子的弹性势能与衰减至平衡状态所需时间的影响，并研究了压缩弹簧的线径和弹磁间隙对振子响应的影响。结果表明，当线径较小时，安装弹磁元件的振子在绝大部分情况下振动衰减时间更短，弹性势能更小；当线径较大且初始位移较大时，则安装弹磁元件的振子的振动衰减时间较长，弹性势能较大。     

可重构力学超材料的设计与波动特性研究

力学超材料中的弯曲梁双稳态结构由于其主动调控性强且调控精度高等优点近年来受到广泛关注. 文章利用中心受压弯曲梁的不稳定性设计了六角型双稳态结构, 首先建立了等效弯曲梁模型, 基于梁变形微分方程及能量最低原理探明了结构双稳态特性的产生基理, 之后利用有限元数值计算研究了结构几何参数对其整体力学性能的影响, 分别得到了具备自恢复及双稳态性能的结构几何参数范围, 绘制了几何参数与力学性能之间的相图. 同时, 可重构结构的可控变形能力有助于调整整体的色散特性, 利用数值仿真研究了具备双稳态特性的结构在拉伸和压缩两种构型下的色散关系, 对比分析了不同结构几何参数及构型转变对结构产生的带隙位置及范围的影响, 之后对由不同构型单胞组成的周期性结构进行了频响分析来验证带隙计算的准确性. 通过六角型可重构结构的力学特性、色散特性研究及频响分析表明可以通过结构几何参数的设计实现对结构整体性能的主动调控, 为可逆向设计的弹性波超材料结构研究分析提供了一条可靠路径.      

二维格栅材料带隙特性分析与设计

周期性材料或结构常表现出阻断特定频段的波传播的特异性质(带隙性质),通过合理设计可以调整带隙的位置和带宽等, 带隙材料在滤波、导波、隔音、隔振等方面有巨大的应用潜力. 据此背景, 研究了材料微结构构型对带隙性质的影响. 分析和比较了三角形、米字形、四边形、六边形、反六边形、Kagome形和钻石形等7种典型拓扑构形格栅材料的带隙性质与弹性波在其中的局部衰减特性, 提出了可表征特定带隙性质的目标函数, 从而对不同构型的材料进行选优; 进一步得到并数值验证了材料微结构中几何参数对带隙性质的影响规律, 为通过改变构型几何参数设计具有特定性质的带隙材料提供参考.      

分级周期梁结构的振动带隙特性优化研究

针对分级周期梁结构,进行了振动带隙特性优化研究,以期提高结构的减振性能。采用谱元法计算分级周期梁的频响曲线,并结合传递矩阵法计算结构的色散关系,将两种方法相结合来研究结构的振动带隙特性。构建带隙占比函数作为优化目标函数,将单胞结构的尺寸作为优化参数进行带隙特性优化。经过优化,使得在研究频段内带隙特性大大提高。通过与有限元法和振动实验相对比,验证了谱元法计算和优化结果的正确性。研究内容对于提高周期结构的振动带隙特性和减振应用提供有益参考。     

Elastic wave and vibration bandgaps in two-dimensional acoustic metamaterials with resonators and disorders

The vibration properties of two-dimensional (2D) finite acoustic metamaterials (AMs) consisting of discrete masses and springs are investigated in this paper. In order to clarify the mechanisms of the bandgaps in AMs, the infinite symmetrical systems are also studied, especially the impact of the physical asymmetry caused by the discrepant stiffness coefficients of the springs connecting the unit-cells. Although the asymmetry cannot change the bandgap width, the change of the phase velocity and the generation of the shear mode have been proven analytically. To study the vibration properties of the finite AM model, the effective mass of each unit-cell is used. The effective mass properties of the unit-cell with single resonator and multi-resonators in 2D AMs subjected to a time-harmonic excitation are discussed. The effects of the number of the unit-cells, multi-resonators in each unit-cell, graded resonators in the finite AM model on the vibration suppression are thoroughly examined by the frequency response analysis. Numerical results show that the degree of the vibration attenuation is related to the size of the model and the number of the bandgaps changes corresponding to the disorders of the local resonators. Furthermore, imperfections or defects are introduced into the finite AM system. Wave propagation and guiding in a finite model for straight waveguide are investigated and discussed. The defect states induced by changing the central resonator of a supercell are demonstrated. Defect bands are obtained and their location is illustrated.     

Experimental Method to Evaluate Effective Dynamic Properties of a Meta-Structure for Flexural Vibrations

In this study, a laboratory method to evaluate the effective dynamic properties for flexural vibrations of a meta-structure is presented. The flexural vibration of a beam with periodically spaced resonators was investigated using wave propagation analysis. After analyzing vibration interactions between the resonators and the homogeneous beam, the effective dynamic properties of the meta-structure were evaluated using the transfer function method. The comparison of the measured and predicted results allowed for an understanding of the proposed vibration control mechanism. The effective bending stiffness was not affected by the attached resonators. The effective mass exhibited significant frequency-dependent variation near the natural frequency of the resonators. The effective mass becomes complex when the stiffness of the resonators is viscoelastic. The reflected wave from the metamaterial was completely blocked when the real part of the effective mass became negative. The effective mass decreased as the loss factor of the attached resonators increased. The proposed evaluation method can be used to analyze the effects of resonators on structural vibrations.     

Assessment of shunted piezoelectric devices for simultaneous noise and vibration reduction: comparison of passive,active and hybrid networks

Structural vibration and noise control of a cavity-backed three-layered smart piezo-coupled rectangular panel system under harmonic or transient loads is achieved by using purely active, passive, and hybrid active/passive piezoelectric shunt networks. Problem formulation is based on the classical lamination plate theory, Maxwell’s equation for piezoelectric materials, linear circuit theory, and wave equation for the enclosed acoustic domain. The orthogonal mode expansions along with the modal coupling theory are employed to obtain the coupled differential equations of the electro-mechanical-acoustic system, which are then put into the convenient state-space form, and subsequently solved numerically in both frequency and time domains. A triple-mode hybrid RLC shunt circuit, in series with an external active voltage source and connected to a single electroded piezoelectric segment, is tuned to the dominant resonance frequencies of the composite structure. The linear quadratic optimal control (LQR) theory is adopted for obtaining the active control gains. The frequency and time domain performances of the passive, active and hybrid multi-modal piezoelectric systems are calculated and discussed in terms of sensor output voltage, local sound pressure, and control effort. It is found that the hybrid control methodology with properly tuned circuit parameters can be an excellent candidate for simultaneous vibration and structure-borne noise control of the cavity-coupled smart panel with decreased control effort. Also, the active control strategy integrated in the hybrid control system is demonstrated to enhance the overall system damping characteristics and improve the control authority at frequencies where the passive shunt network performs weakly. Limiting cases are considered and correctness of the mathematical model is verified by using a commercial finite element software as well as by comparisons with the literature.     

Folding beam-type piezoelectric phononic crystal with low-frequency and broad band gap

A folding beam-type piezoelectric phononic crystal model is proposed to isolate vibration. Two piezoelectric bimorphs are joined by two masses as a folding structure to comprise each unit cell of the piezoelectric phononic crystal. Each bimorph is connected independently by a resistive-inductive resonant shunting circuit. The folding structure extends the propagation path of elastic waves, while its structure size remains quite small. Propagation of coupled extension-flexural elastic waves is studied by the classical laminated beam theory and transfer matrix method. The theoretical model is further verified with the finite element method(FEM). The effects of geometrical and circuit parameters on the band gaps are analyzed. With only 4 unit cells, the folding beam-type piezoelectric phononic crystal generates two Bragg band gaps of 369 Hz to1 687 Hz and 2 127 Hz to 4 000 Hz. In addition, between these two Bragg band gaps, a locally resonant band gap is induced by resonant shunting circuits. Appropriate circuit parameters are used to join these two Bragg band gaps by the locally resonant band gap.Thus, a low-frequency and broad band gap of 369 Hz to 4 000 Hz is obtained.     

Two Kinds Equal Frequency Circuits to Achieve Locally Resonant Band Gap of a Circular Plate Attached Alternately by Piezoelectric Unimorphs

A circular thin plate is proposed for vibration attenuation,which is attached alternately by annular piezoelectric unimorphs with resonant shunt circuits.Two kinds of equal frequency resonant shunt circuits are designed to achieve an integrated locally resonant(LR)band gap(BG) with a much smaller transmission factor:(1) the structure is arrayed periodically while the resonant shunt circuits are aperiodic;(2) the resonant shunt circuits are periodic while the structure is aperiodic.The transmission factor curve is calculated,which is validated by the finite element method.Dependences of the LR BG performance upon the geometric and electric parameters are also analyzed.     

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.     

Tunable low frequency band gaps and sound transmission loss of a lever-type metamaterial plate

A novel metamaterial plate with subwavelength lever-type resonators is proposed to obtain low frequency broadband band gaps and good sound insulation performance. The band structure is theoretically derived, and the validity of the theoretical method is verified by the finite element method. The formation mechanisms of the band gaps are illustrated by the analysis of the effective dynamic mass density and group velocity. The effect of the lever ratio on the band gaps is analyzed. The results indicate that as the lever ratio increases, the first band gap shifts to lower frequencies, while the bandwidth is widened. Moreover, the sound insulation performance of the proposed metamaterial plate is evaluated via examining the sound transmission loss (STL). Compared with the metamaterial plates without lever accessories, the proposed metamaterial plates with a suitable lever ratio have better sound insulation performance at low frequencies.     

Electro-mechanical coupling wave propagating in a locally resonant piezoelectric/elastic phononic crystal nanobeam with surface effects

The model of a "spring-mass" resonator periodically attached to a piezoelectric/elastic phononic crystal(PC) nanobeam with surface effects is proposed, and the corresponding calculation method of the band structures is formulized and displayed by introducing the Euler beam theory and the surface piezoelectricity theory to the plane wave expansion(PWE) method. In order to reveal the unique wave propagation characteristics of such a model, the band structures of locally resonant(LR) elastic PC Euler nanobeams with and without resonators, the band structures of LR piezoelectric PC Euler nanobeams with and without resonators, as well as the band structures of LR elastic/piezoelectric PC Euler nanobeams with resonators attached on PZT-4, with resonators attached on epoxy, and without resonators are compared. The results demonstrate that adding resonators indeed plays an active role in opening and widening band gaps. Moreover, the influence rules of different parameters on the band gaps of LR elastic/piezoelectric PC Euler nanobeams with resonators attached on epoxy are discussed, which will play an active role in the further realization of active control of wave propagations.