五模声学超表面理论分析与定向反射声学仿真*

以广义斯奈尔定律为理论依据,对五模声学超表面定向反射的基本原理进行了解析推导和理论分析,获得了五模超表面的理想连续物性参数分布,并给出了五模超表面尺寸设计准则;然后将超表面离散,获得离散单胞的密度和体积模量,并以此为目标进行五模微结构设计,采用均匀化理论计算微结构的等效物性参数;最后,进行了水下声场的声波定向反射调控仿真实验,研究了入射波频率对超表面定向反射性能的影响,仿真结果展现了五模超表面宽频有效的声波调控能力以及调控的可靠性和准确性。本文的研究工作为五模声学超表面的设计和物理实现提供理论指导。     

各向异性三维非对称双锥五模超材料的能带结构及品质因数

五模超材料是一类可以解除剪切模量的人工固体微结构,具有类似流体的性质,在声波调控中有着潜在的应用.声学变换作为声波调控的一种重要手段,在超材料声学器件的设计中被广泛使用.声学变换的引入会压缩均匀各项同性五模超材料.因此,需要研究各向异性对三维非对称双锥五模超材料带隙及品质因数的影响.本文利用有限元方法,对各项异性三维非对称双锥五模超材料的能带结构及品质因数进行了研究.研究结果表明,三维非对称双锥五模超材料单模区域的相对带宽随着各向异性的增大而减小,第一带隙的相对带宽增大到123%,品质因数增大到6.9倍.本研究可为声学变换在三维非对称双锥五模超材料中的应用提供指导.     

流动隐身衣的均匀化设计与减阻特性

流动隐身衣因为可以显著降低指定目标的表面阻力而备受关注.然而大多数传统流动隐身衣的设计参数为非均匀各向异性,非均匀这一限制增加了制备流动隐身衣的难度.为突破这种限制,本文采用等效介质理论与积分中值定理,将流动隐身衣所需的设计参数均匀化.通过数值模拟验证了简化后的均匀流动隐身衣具有与非均匀流动隐身衣一样的隐身效果,并且同样适用于多种流场.这种简化方法不仅可以将非均匀流动隐身衣简化为均匀流动隐身衣,更重要的是可以适用于其他领域,如光学、声学、电磁学与热学等不同领域的超材料均匀化设计,为降低超材料制备难度提供了新方法.此外,基于均匀流动隐身衣对不同流场的适用性,首次设计了一种流动伪装装置,该装置可以将原始物体所产生的流场伪装成由任意物体引起的期望流场,为实现流动伪装提供了解决方案.最后,定量对比分析了流动隐身衣的隐身与减阻性能随着雷诺数增加的变化,结果表明在非蠕动流时流动隐身衣仍然具有良好的隐身性能与较高的减阻效率.     

基于主动声学超材料的圆柱声隐身斗篷设计研究

基于多层复合材料结构的二维声隐身斗篷设计思想, 利用主动隔膜声学空腔有效密度可以任意控制这一特性, 设计了主动声学超材料下的无限长圆柱声隐身斗篷. 给出了主动隔膜声学空腔单元的声电元件类比模拟电路图和具体的有效密度控制方法. 进行了主动声学超材料声隐身斗篷的结构建模, 并对平面入射波入射下此圆柱隐身斗篷周围声压分布场进行仿真计算. 结果表明, 平面波在一定频率范围内可以毫无阻碍地透过圆柱斗篷, 似乎不存在这种障碍物, 达到声隐身效果. 同时, 计算了主动声材料斗篷下总散射截面随频率变化曲线, 研究了此斗篷隐身效果随频率的变化特性. 本文从主动控制角度探讨实验实现隐身斗篷的技术问题, 有望给声隐身斗篷实验设计提供一条新的技术途径.     

基于各向同性材料的层状椭圆柱形声隐身衣设计

基于等效介质理论, 提出了具有共焦层状结构的椭圆柱形声隐身衣设计方法. 理论分析与有限元数值模拟表明, 所设计隐身衣依然具有完美隐身衣典型特征, 可使刚性圆柱体散射场明显减小, 并且在隐身衣区域表现出波阵面弯曲的特性, 同时在隐身衣外部波阵面保持不变. 增加隐身衣离散层数可以拓宽其有效工作频带, 改善隐身效果. 由于是一种线变换隐身衣, 隐身效果受到了入射波方向的影响, 只有当入射波方向与椭圆长轴平行时效果最佳. 另外当椭圆柱焦距非常小的时候, 可近似认为是圆柱形隐身衣. 仿真实验结果证明了方法的正确性. 该研究为实现复杂形状声隐身衣提供了一种有效途径.     

基于变换声学的角反射器的设计*

基于超材料的新型声学器件是近年来的研究热点,变换声学为这些新型声学器件的实现带来了可能。该文提出了一种基于变换声学的声反射器模型的设计方法。通过简单的线性映射,该声反射器具有均匀而各向异性的参数。利用Biot流体等效介质理论,通过周期分层结构可以对该反射器进行实现。仿真结果显示,在一定角度范围内,该反射器可以将声波按照入射方向进行反射,同时也验证了该结构的宽频有效性。     

共形Mikaelian声透镜设计*

该文研究了利用共形变换设计声学器件的一般方法,在此基础上根据普通Mikaelian透镜的折射率分布规律,利用指数映射设计出了弧形的Mikaelian透镜,分析并讨论了弧形透镜的密度、模量和折射率分布规律。对160 k Hz的声波进行了仿真实验,仿真结果表明,在弧形透镜的理论预测焦点处出现能量汇聚的现象,即实现了弧形聚焦的效果。同时,声波在经过该透镜后传播方向产生了一定角度的偏转。该工作为实现弧形声学器件提供了理论方法,在水下声探测及水下声通讯等方面有着潜在的应用。     

圆柱形分层五模材料声学隐身衣的理论与数值分析

声学隐身衣物性参数分布的连续对制备造成了很大困难, 需要采用分层的方法进行近似. 研究分层对隐身衣性能的影响具有重要意义. 本文首先推导了圆柱形分层声学隐身衣散射声压场的理论解, 然后通过数值算例验证了理论推导的正确性, 最后针对层数、层厚分布对隐身衣性能的影响进行了计算研究. 结果表明, 选取恰当的层数和层厚分布可在不增加制备难度的同时改善隐身衣性能.     

基于变换光学的隐身衣设计

从阐述麦克斯韦方程组在坐标变换下形式不变性出发,介绍了基于变换光学设计隐身衣的思路,并分别推导了实现二维圆柱形、椭圆柱形、正方形隐身衣的相对介电常量和相对磁导率张量在物理空间的分布公式.利用COMSOL Multiphysics仿真软件,给出了二维圆柱形、椭圆柱形、正方形隐身衣的隐身效果.     

基于五模材料的圆柱声隐身斗篷坐标变换设计

五模超材料具有与流体相似的物理性质,为各向异性流体的物理实现提供了途径,因此Norris提出了将其用于声隐声斗篷设计的思路.本文对Norris五模超材料声隐声斗篷设计中提出的坐标变换方程进行研究,利用有限元方法对不同坐标变换下声隐声斗篷的平均可视度进行数值计算,分析了五模超材料斗篷的隐身性能影响因素及规律.结果表明,通过选取不同的坐标变换方程改变其物性参数分布,能够调节斗篷中的声波传播路径,对声隐声斗篷的声散射特性产生明显影响.因此,选择合适的坐标变换方程能够有效改善隐身性能.     

Physically Realizable Broadband Acoustic Metamaterials with Anisotropic Density

Transformation acoustics are concentrated for the purpose of designing novel acoustic devices to tailor acoustic waves to achieve desirable characteristics. However, these devices require fluid or fluid-like materials with an anisotropic density that generally does not exist in nature. Therefore, we introduce pentamode metamaterials into an alternating multilayer isotropic medium model to build fluid-like metamaterials with an anisotropic density. A 2D acoustic bending based on transformation acoustics is established and investigated to verify our method. This idea provides a method to design broadband and physically realizable acoustic metamaterials with an anisotropic density and is meaningful for the design of acoustic metamaterials.     

Broadband acoustic cloak for ultrasound waves

Invisibility devices based on coordinate transformation have opened up a new field of considerable interest. We present here the first practical realization of a low-loss and broadband acoustic cloak for underwater ultrasound. This metamaterial cloak is constructed with a network of acoustic circuit elements, namely, serial inductors and shunt capacitors. Our experiment clearly shows that the acoustic cloak can effectively bend the ultrasound waves around the hidden object, with reduced scattering and shadow. Because of the nonresonant nature of the building elements, this low-loss (～6 dB/m) cylindrical cloak exhibits invisibility over a broad frequency range from 52 to 64?kHz. Furthermore, our experimental study indicates that this design approach should be scalable to different acoustic frequencies and offers the possibility for a variety of devices based on coordinate transformation.     

A revisit to imperfect acoustic cloak of multi-layered shell structures considering sound speed and impedance matching

An imperfect multi-layered acoustic cloak is proposed for a two-dimensional cloaking zone based on feasible material properties. In this model, the matching of sound speed and acoustic impedance has been investigated, and the effects of material and geometric properties on the imperfect cloak have been studied for better design of the imperfect cloak. The imperfect cloak could be improved using appropriate changes in the design parameters. By increasing the thickness of the high density layer and with some changes in the sound speeds between the high density and the low density layers, the imperfect cloaking model showed better cloaking performance than Cummer–Schurig cloak. Also, present results show that the sound speed matching is more important for acoustic cloaking than the impedance matching. These results can be applied as a practical design guide for two-dimensional cloaks using multilayered structures composed of naturally existing materials.     

Cloaking an acoustic sensor with single-negative materials

In this review, a brief introduction is given to the development of acoustic superlens cloaks that allow the cloaked object to receive signals while its presence is not sensed by the surrounding, which can be regarded as “cloaking an acoustic sensor”. Remarkably, the designed cloak consists of single-negative materials with parameters independent of the background medium or the sensor system, which is proven to be a magnifying superlens. This has facilitated significantly the design and fabrication of acoustic cloaks that generally require double-negative materials with customized parameters. Such innovative design has then been simplified further as a multi-layered structure comprising of two alternately arranged complementary media with homogeneous isotropic single-negative materials. Based on this, a scattering analyses method is developed for the numerical simulation of such multi-layered cloak structures, which may serve as an efficient approach for the investigation on such devices.     

Three dimensional multilayered acoustic cloak with homogeneous isotropic materials

A three-dimensional (3D) spherical acoustic cloak is designed using an acoustic layered system, which can hide an object from the detection of acoustic wave in arbitrary direction. The cloak is constructed from multilayered concentric spherical shells filled with homogeneous isotropic materials. Based on spherical wave expansion method, we confirm that significant low-reflection, acoustic-shadow-reducing, and wavefront-bending effects in 3D space can be achieved by the proposed cloak. The angle distribution of the scattered wave is further evaluated by the far-field scattering pattern. In addition, the cloak is demonstrated to work efficiently in a wide bandwidth in which the cloaking efficiency decreases with increasing frequency. This study may be helpful to design high-performance 3D acoustic cloaks for broadband acoustic waves in all incidence directions.     

Nanoscale thermal cloaking by in-situ annealing silicon membrane

With the advent of thermal metamaterials, many new thermal functionalities have been proposed, like thermal cloaking, concentrating, etc. However, these thermal functionalities are based on the transformation thermotics or scattering cancellation technique, which, derived from Fourier's law, cannot apply to the micro-/nanoscale counterparts. In this paper, we design a nanoscale thermal cloak based on a crystalline silicon (Si) membrane and investigate the in-plane phonon transport via non-equilibrium molecular dynamics (NEMD) simulation by in-situ tuning the thermal conductivity of the thermal cloak from crystalline Si to amorphous Si. The two-dimensional temperature profile is obtained, and the thermal cloaking effect is evaluated by the ratio of heat flux. By analyzing the phonon density of state (PDOS) and the mode participation ratio (MPR), the mechanism can be attributed to the phonon localization in the annealed cloaking region. The proposed nanoscale thermal cloak by in-situ tuned thermal conductivity, may trigger the development of nanoscale thermal functionalities and open avenues for and thermal management for nano-photonics and nano-electronics.     

Controlling flexural waves in thin plates by using transformation acoustic metamaterials

In this study, we design periodic grille structures on a single homogenous thin plate to achieve anisotropic acoustic metamaterials that can control flexural waves. The metamaterials can achieve the bending control of flexural waves in a thin plate at will by designing only one dimension in the thickness direction, which makes it easier to use this metamaterial to design transformation acoustic devices. The numerical simulation results show that the metamaterials can accurately control the bending waves over a wide frequency range. The experimental results verify the validity of the theoretical analysis. This research provides a more practical theoretical method of controlling flexural waves in thin-plate structures.     

基于变换热力学的三维任意形状热斗篷设计

在变换热力学的基础上,通过坐标变换的方法,推导出三维任意形状热斗篷导热系数的通解表达式,并进行了全波仿真验证.结果表明:热流均能绕过保护区域流出,保护区域的温度保持不变,而且热斗篷外的温度场并没有破坏,具有很好的热保护和热隐身的效果.这一方法把变换热力学从二维拓展到三维,具有普遍的适用性.同时,这种技术为热流流动路径和目标温度场的控制奠定了理论基础,在微芯片、电动机的保护以及目标热隐身上有潜在应用.     

基于拉普拉斯方程的任意形状热斗篷研究与设计

如何灵活地控制和操纵热流是目前研究的热点.本文基于拉普拉斯方程提出了一种设计任意形状热斗篷的方法.对于形状规则的热斗篷,在特定边界条件下求解拉普拉斯方程得到了斗篷区域材料的热导率分布解析表达式;对于不规则形状的热斗篷,通过数值求解拉普拉斯方程得到了斗篷区域材料的热导率参数分布.全波仿真结果表明,所设计的二维和三维任意形状热斗篷内部隐身区域的热通量为零,从而具有热保护功能;同时,热流绕过斗篷后温度场恢复原来的分布,实现了完美隐身功能.这项研究为解决热斗篷内外边界非共形问题提供了一种可行的方法,对热保护器件的设计和制备有指导意义.