Wave localization in randomly disordered multi-coupled multi-span beams on elastic foundations

In this paper, the wave propagation and localization in randomly disordered periodic multi-span beams on elastic foundations are studied. For two kinds of beams, i.e. the multi-span beams on elastic foundations with periodic flexible and simple supports, the transfer matrices between two consecutive sub-spans are obtained by means of the continuity conditions. The algorithm for determining all the Lyapunov exponents in continuous dynamic systems presented by Wolf et al. is employed to calculate those in discrete dynamic systems. The localization factor characterizing the average exponential rates of growth or decay of wave amplitudes along the disordered beams is defined as the smallest positive Lyapunov exponent of the discrete dynamical system. The localization length that represents the distance of elastic waves propagating along the disordered periodic structures is defined as the reciprocal of the smallest positive Lyapunov exponent, i.e. the localization factor. For the two kinds of disordered periodic beams on elastic foundations, the numerical results of the localization factors are presented and analysed by comparing them with the results of the beams without elastic foundations to illustrate the effects of the elastic foundations on the wave propagation and localization. The effects of the disorder of span-length and the dimensionless torsional and linear spring stiffness on the localization factors are discussed. Moreover, the localization lengths are also calculated and discussed for certain structural parameters in disordered periodic structures. It can be observed from the results that ordered periodic multi-span beams have the characteristics of the frequency passbands and stopbands and the localization of elastic waves can occur in disordered periodic systems: the localization degree of elastic waves is strengthened with the increase of the coefficient of variation of the span-length. The influences of the elastic foundations on the wave propagation and localization are more complicated. Generally speaking, in lower-frequency regions the elastic foundations have pronounced effects on the spectral structures, but in higher-frequency regions the effects are negligible. The localization degree increases as the torsional spring stiffness increases. The linear spring has few effects on the spectral structures in higher-frequency regions, but in lower-frequency regions it has prominent effects. The larger the disorder degree, the shorter the non-dimensional localization length.     

Wave localization in randomly disordered multi-coupled multi-span beams on elastic foundations

In this paper, the wave propagation and localization in randomly disordered periodic multi-span beams on elastic foundations are studied. For two kinds of beams, i.e. the multi-span beams on elastic foundations with periodic flexible and simple supports, the transfer matrices between two consecutive sub-spans are obtained by means of the continuity conditions. The algorithm for determining all the Lyapunov exponents in continuous dynamic systems presented by Wolf et al. is employed to calculate those in discrete dynamic systems. The localization factor characterizing the average exponential rates of growth or decay of wave amplitudes along the disordered beams is defined as the smallest positive Lyapunov exponent of the discrete dynamical system. The localization length that represents the distance of elastic waves propagating along the disordered periodic structures is defined as the reciprocal of the smallest positive Lyapunov exponent, i.e. the localization factor. For the two kinds of disordered periodic beams on elastic foundations, the numerical results of the localization factors are presented and analysed by comparing them with the results of the beams without elastic foundations to illustrate the effects of the elastic foundations on the wave propagation and localization. The effects of the disorder of span-length and the dimensionless torsional and linear spring stiffness on the localization factors are discussed. Moreover, the localization lengths are also calculated and discussed for certain structural parameters in disordered periodic structures. It can be observed from the results that ordered periodic multi-span beams have the characteristics of the frequency passbands and stopbands and the localization of elastic waves can occur in disordered periodic systems: the localization degree of elastic waves is strengthened with the increase of the coefficient of variation of the span-length. The influences of the elastic foundations on the wave propagation and localization are more complicated. Generally speaking, in lower-frequency regions the elastic foundations have pronounced effects on the spectral structures, but in higher-frequency regions the effects are negligible. The localization degree increases as the torsional spring stiffness increases. The linear spring has few effects on the spectral structures in higher-frequency regions, but in lower-frequency regions it has prominent effects. The larger the disorder degree, the shorter the non-dimensional localization length.     

Spin waves in periodic magnetic structures—magnonic crystals

Propagation of spin waves (SWs) through a periodic multilayered magnetic structure is analyzed. It is assumed that the structure consists of ferromagnetic layers having the same thickness but different magnetizations. The wave spectrum obtained contains forbidden zones (stop bands) in which wave propagation is prohibited. Introduction into the structure of the ferromagnetic layer with a different thickness breaks the structural symmetry and leads to a localization of the SW mode with the frequency lying in the stop band. Reflection of the wave by the structure of the finite length and transmission of the wave through the structure are also investigated. Numerical calculations of the wave dispersion and the transmission coefficients for symmetrical periodic structures as well as the structures with a defect are presented. Drawing an analogy from photonic crystals known in optics, such magnetic structures can be called one-dimensional (1-D) magnonic crystals (MCs). The possibilities of existence of the 2-D MCs are also discussed.     

Localization of elastic waves in randomly disordered multi-coupled multi-span beams

The wave localization in randomly disordered periodic multi-span continuous beams is studied. The transfer matrix method is used to deduce transfer matrices of two kinds of multi-span beams. To calculate the Lyapunov exponents in discrete dynamical systems, the algorithm for determining all the Lyapunov exponents in continuous dynamical systems presented by Wolf et al is employed. The smallest positive Lyapunov exponent of the corresponding discrete dynamical system is called the localization factor, which characterizes the average exponential rates of growth or decay of wave amplitudes along the randomly mistuned multi-span beams. For two kinds of disordered periodic multi-span beams, numerical results of localization factors are given. The effects of the disorder of span-length, the non-dimensional torsional spring stiffness and the non-dimensional linear spring stiffness on the wave localization are analysed and discussed. It can be observed that the localization factors increase with the increase of the coefficient of variation of random span-length and the degree of localization for wave amplitudes increases as the torsional spring stiffness and the linear spring stiffness increase.     

Band structures of Fibonacci phononic quasicrystals

The paper studies the band structures of a two-component Fibonacci phononic quasicrystal which is considered as a phononic crystal disordered in a special way. Oblique propagation in an arbitrary direction of the in-plane elastic waves with coupling of longitudinal and transverse modes is considered. The transfer matrix method is used and the well-defined localization factors which are used to study the ordered and disordered phononic crystals are introduced to describe the band gaps of the phononic quasicrystals. The transmission coefficients are also calculated and the results show the same behaviours as the localization factor does. The results show the merits of using the localization factors. The band gaps of the phononic quasicrystal and crystals with translational and/or mirror symmetries are presented and compared to the perfect phononic crystals. More band structures are exhibited when symmetries are introduced to the phononic quasicrystals.     

Localization of elastic waves in randomly disordered multi-coupled multi-span beams

Abstract

The wave localization in randomly disordered periodic multi-span continuous beams is studied. The transfer matrix method is used to deduce transfer matrices of two kinds of multi-span beams. To calculate the Lyapunov exponents in discrete dynamical systems, the algorithm for determining all the Lyapunov exponents in continuous dynamical systems presented by Wolf et al is employed. The smallest positive Lyapunov exponent of the corresponding discrete dynamical system is called the localization factor, which characterizes the average exponential rates of growth or decay of wave amplitudes along the randomly mistuned multi-span beams. For two kinds of disordered periodic multi-span beams, numerical results of localization factors are given. The effects of the disorder of span-length, the non-dimensional torsional spring stiffness and the non-dimensional linear spring stiffness on the wave localization are analysed and discussed. It can be observed that the localization factors increase with the increase of the coefficient of variation of random span-length and the degree of localization for wave amplitudes increases as the torsional spring stiffness and the linear spring stiffness increase.     

Frequency-dependent localization length of SH-wave in randomly disordered piezoelectric phononic crystals

In this paper, the localization length that represents the distance of elastic waves propagating along the disordered periodic structures is defined as the reciprocal of the smallest positive Lyapunov exponent, i.e. the localization factor. The algorithm for determining all the Lyapunov exponents in continuous dynamic systems presented by Wolf et al. is employed to calculate those in discrete dynamic systems. Numerical results of the localization lengths of SH-wave are presented and discussed in ordered and disordered piezoelectric phononic crystals to identify the different effect degrees for the decay of electrical potential in the polymers and the randomness on the localization level. For the disordered case, disorder in the thickness of the polymers and disorder in the elastic constant of the piezoelectric ceramics are all considered. The results show that some parameters such as the incident angle of elastic wave, the randomness degree and the piezoelectricity of piezoelectric ceramics and so on have pronounced effects on the frequency-dependent localization length.     

Flexural wave motion in beam-type disordered periodic systems: Coincidence phenomenon and sound radiation

This paper deals with flexural wave motion in uniform beam-type periodic systems whose repeating units are identical finite beams with multiple beam-length disorders. A general expression derived for the propagation constants has been employed to study its variation with frequency for a beam system having 4-span disordered repeating units. This is helpful in understanding flexural wave motion in disordered periodic beams. Free flexural waves have been studied as wave groups consisting of a large number of harmonic components of different wavelengths, phase velocities and directions. Phase velocities have been computed and plotted for different frequencies in the propagation zones in which the free waves progress without attenuation. This has been found to be useful in understanding and predicting the coincidence phenomenon in disordered periodic beams under convected pressure field loading. The excitation of wave groups in disordered periodic beam-type systems by a slow (subsonic) convecting pressure field can include fast (supersonic) moving flexural wave components which can radiate sound. It has been pointed out that sound radiation from a disordered periodic beam (or plate) can be quite different as compared to that from a periodic beam under similar convected pressure field loading.     

Suppression of Anderson localization in disordered metamaterials

We study wave propagation in mixed, 1D disordered stacks of alternating right- and left-handed layers and reveal that the introduction of metamaterials substantially suppresses Anderson localization. At long wavelengths, the localization length in mixed stacks is orders of magnitude larger than for normal structures, proportional to the sixth power of the wavelength, in contrast to the usual quadratic wavelength dependence of normal systems. Suppression of localization is also exemplified in long-wavelength resonances which largely disappear when left-handed materials are introduced.     

Elastic wave localization in two-dimensional phononic crystals with one-dimensional random disorder and aperiodicity

The band structures of in-plane elastic waves propagating in two-dimensional phononic crystals with one-dimensional random disorder and aperiodicity are analyzed in this paper. The localization of wave propagation is discussed by introducing the concept of the localization factor, which is calculated by the plane-wave-based transfer-matrix method. By treating the random disorder and aperiodicity as the deviation from the periodicity in a special way, three kinds of aperiodic phononic crystals that have normally distributed random disorder, Thue-Morse and Rudin-Shapiro sequence in one direction and translational symmetry in the other direction are considered and the band structures are characterized using localization factors. Besides, as a special case, we analyze the band gap properties of a periodic planar layered composite containing a periodic array of square inclusions. The transmission coefficients based on eigen-mode matching theory are also calculated and the results show the same behaviors as the localization factor does. In the case of random disorders, the localization degree of the normally distributed random disorder is larger than that of the uniformly distributed random disorder although the eigenstates are both localized no matter what types of random disorders, whereas, for the case of Thue-Morse and Rudin-Shapiro structures, the band structures of Thue-Morse sequence exhibit similarities with the quasi-periodic (Fibonacci) sequence not present in the results of the Rudin-Shapiro sequence.     

Analytical study of the propagation of acoustic waves in a 1D weakly disordered lattice

This paper presents an analytical approach of the propagation of an acoustic wave through a normally distributed disordered lattice made up of Helmholtz resonators connected to a cylindrical duct. This approach allows to determine analytically the exact transmission coefficient of a weakly disordered lattice. Analytical results are compared to a well-known numerical method based on a matrix product. Furthermore, this approach gives an analytical expression of the localization length apart from the Bragg stopband which depends only on the standard deviation of the normal distribution disorder. This expression permits to study on one hand the localization length as a function of both disorder strength and frequency, and on the other hand, the propagation characteristics on the edges of two sorts of stopbands (Bragg and Helmholtz stopbands). Lastly, the value of the localization length inside the Helmholtz stopband is compared to the localization length in the Bragg stopband.     

含单负特异材料一维无序扰动周期结构中的光子局域特性研究

采用传输矩阵法研究了电磁波在由单负特异材料组成的一维无序扰动周期结构中的Anderson局域(Anderson Localization)行为,分别讨论了色散和非色散两种模型.结果发现,在对应周期结构的通带位置,无序的引入对局域长度的影响较大,而在带隙位置,影响较小,几乎可以忽略.该性质与我们曾讨论的随机结构有较明显不同.导致这种局域性质的主要原因应为,光在单负材料组成的系统中的传输主要依赖于两种单负材料间的界面.在无序扰动结构中,该界面数相对于周期结构并没有减少,因此对光的传输性质影响较小,而随机结构中     

Localization length of wave functions in one-dimensional disordered systems with periodic modulation

The localization length of wave functions in one-dimensional disordered systems with periodic modulation is studied. The role of spatial inhomogeneity in the problem is considered. We calculate the localization length varying with energy for the compositionally modulated systems with either the disorder of Anderson distributions or the randomness of periods. The results show that the non-uniformity of disordered systems leads to some different properties of the localized wave functions.     

Analysis of wave propagation in a thin composite cylinder with periodic axial and ring stiffeners using periodic structure theory

Wave propagation characteristics of a thin composite cylinder stiffened by periodically spaced ring frames and axial stringers are investigated by an analytical method using periodic structure theory. It is used for calculating propagation constants in axial and circumferential directions of the cylindrical shell subject to a given circumferential mode or axial half-wave number. The propagation constants corresponding to several different circumferential modes and/or half-wave numbers are combined to determine the vibrational energy ratios between adjacent basic structural elements of the two-dimensional periodic structure. Vibration analyses to validate the theoretical development have been carried out on sufficiently detailed finite element model of the same dimension and configuration as the stiffened cylinder and very good agreement is obtained between the analytical and the dense finite element results. The effects of shell material properties and the length of each periodic element on the wave propagation characteristics are also examined based on the current analytical approach.     

一维无序扰动周期结构中局域长度的对称等价变换

以一维周期结构光谱对称性为基础，提出了无序扰动周期结构有关局域长度的一个新的变换关系：对称等价变换，并用数值计算加以了验证.该等价变换描述了不同无序度的结构对不同频率光子局域能力之间的等价关系，为无序结构中光子局域性质的进一步研究提供了一个新的工具. 关键词： 局域长度 无序扰动周期结构 对称等价变换     

The mechanism of the formation of passbands of electromagnetic waves in one-dimensional ordered or disordered structures containing single-negative metamaterials

We propose a mechanism of the formation of band structures of electromagnetic waves in one-dimensional periodic or nonperiodic systems containing single-negative metamaterials. The formation of passbands in these periodic systems is attributed to two factors, i.e., the existence of localized modes and ‘phase’ matching condition. It is completely different from the Bragg scattering. For the wave transmission in disordered systems, the two factors also play an important role. If they are satisfied, there are abnormal transmission behaviors of electromagnetic waves. It implies that the formation of passbands may not depend on periodic structures.     

Wave propagation in a periodic elastic-piezoelectric axial-bending coupled beam

The wave propagation in a periodic elastic-piezoelectric axial-bending coupled beam is investigated in this paper by considering the mechanical–electrical coupling behavior. The strain energy and kinetic energy of each sub-cell are first formulated to extract the dynamic stiffness matrices, and then the compatibility and continuity conditions at the interface between the adjacent cells are utilized to derive the transfer matrix that governs the propagation of the wave along the periodic piezoelectric beam. By employing the Lyapunov exponent method, the dynamic behaviors of the periodic beam structure are evaluated with different base beam materials, dimension ratios, piezoelectric constants and elastic stiffness. The results indicate that regardless of the length ratio, there exist certain frequency intervals, where the width and magnitude of the prominent stop band of the aluminum beam with periodic piezoelectric patches are always broader and larger than those of the steel base system. In addition, as the thickness ratio decreases, the location of the stop band tends to move toward a higher frequency. Numerical studies also demonstrate that different piezoelectric constants and elastic stiffness affect the characteristics of wave propagation in completely different fashions. The investigation in the present study provides basic guidelines to design periodic elastic-piezoelectric laminate structures in order to achieve desired filtering characteristics.     

Free wave propagation in two-dimensional periodic plates

The propagation of flexural waves in a two-dimensional periodic plate which rests on an orthogonal array of equi-spaced simple line supports has been investigated. A type of plane wave motion has been considered. An energy method has been developed to predict the frequency of wave propagation in terms of the propagation constants. A Galerkin type of analysis has been used, incorporating assumed complex modes of wave motion for the identical rectangular elements of the periodic plate. Expressions for the frequency have been obtained firstly by using simple polynomial modes for the plate displacements, and then (alternatively) by using characteristics beam function modes. The use of these different modes has first been demonstrated by applying them to the analysis of wave propagation in periodic beams. A single polynomial mode which satisfies the geometric and wave-boundary conditions of the periodic plate element leads to an elegant expression relating the frequency and the wave propagation constants in the first propagation band. The frequencies so obtained compare well with those found from a multi-mode, characteristic beam function analysis. The latter involves much more algebra, is solved as an eigenvalue problem, and yields the frequencies in as many propagation bands as are desired. The bounding frequencies and corresponding wave motions in the first and higher propagation bands have been identified, and it has been shown that the propagation bands can overlap. Consideration has been given to one-dimensional “strip” structures which are equivalent to the two-dimensional plate when a plane wave in a general direction is propagating. Furthermore, it is shown that the natural frequencies of finite rectangular periodic plates can be obtained very simply from the results of the wave propagation analysis.     

MODEL-ORDER REDUCTION AND PASS-BAND BASED CALCULATIONS FOR DISORDERED PERIODIC STRUCTURES

This paper is concerned with the dynamics of disordered periodic structures. The free vibration problem is considered. A method akin to the Rayleigh method is presented. This method is particularly suitable for the study of periodic structures as it exploits the nominal periodicity leading to an approximation that greatly reduces the order of the model. The method is used to calculate the natural frequencies and mode shapes for a pass-band by treating the unknown phases between the nominally identical bays as the generalized co-ordinates of the problem. An illustrative example of a cyclically coupled beam model is presented. In spite of a very large reduction in the computational effort, the results obtained are very accurate both for frequencies and mode shapes even when strong mode localization is observed. To test the performance of the proposed approximation further, a situation where two pass-bands are brought close to each other is considered (a coupled beam model having inherent bending-torsion coupling). The method presented here is general in its formulation and has the potential of being used for more complex geometries.     

Observation of two-dimensional classical wave localization: third sound on superfluid 4He films on a disordered substrate

We present the results of measurements of the propagation of third sound waves on superfluid 4He adsorbed to two-dimensional ordered and disordered substrates. In the disordered case we compare the experimental results to theoretical predictions of classical wave localization in such systems and conclude that classical wave localization is present in our system.