Non-reciprocal wave propagation in mechanically-modulated continuous elastic metamaterials

Non-reciprocal wave propagation in modulated elastic metamaterials.

Time-reversal symmetry for elastic wave propagation breaks down in a resonant mass-in-mass lattice whose inner-stiffness is weakly modulated in space and in time in a wave-like fashion. Specifically, one-way wave transmission, conversion and amplification as well as unidirectional wave blocking are demonstrated analytically through an asymptotic analysis based on coupled mode theory and numeric...

Non-reciprocal flexural wave propagation in a modulated metabeam

Flexural wave propagation in an Euler–Bernoulli beam coupled to a set of spring–mass resonators is investigated in the presence of a pump wave in the form of a space–time modulation of the beamresonators coupling stiffness. A phase matching condition implies then that waves incident along or against the pump wave behave differently and gives rise in select frequency bands to one-way blocking an...

Modulated phononic crystals: Non-reciprocal wave propagation and Willis materials

Research on breaking time-reversal symmetry in wave phenomena is a growing area of interest in the field of phononic crystals and metamaterials aiming to realize one-way propagation devices which have many potential technological applications. Here we investigate wave propagation in phononic crystals, periodic laminates in particular, where both elastic moduli and mass density are modulated in ...

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...

Wave propagation in elastic tubes