Analytical solutions for Bloch waves in resonant phononic crystals: deep-subwavelength energy splitting and mode steering between topologically protected interfacial and edge states

DOI10.1093/QJMAM/HBAD001arXiv2207.13118OpenAlexW4362706363MaRDI QIDQ6153547FDOQ6153547

Authors: Richard Wiltshaw, Jacopo De Ponti, R. V. Craster 

Publication date: 14 February 2024

Published in: The Quarterly Journal of Mechanics and Applied Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We derive analytical solutions based on singular Green's functions, which enable efficient computations of scattering simulations or Floquet-Bloch dispersion relations for waves propagating through an elastic plate, whose surface is patterned by periodic arrays of elastic beams. Our methodology is versatile and allows us to solve a range of problems regarding arrangements of multiple beams per primitive cell, over Bragg to deep-subwavelength scales; we cross-verify against finite element numerical simulations to gain further confidence in our approach, which relies upon the hypothesis of Euler-Bernoulli beam theory considerably simplifying continuity conditions such that each beam can be replaced by point forces and moments applied to the neutral plane of the plate. The representations of Green's functions by Fourier series or Fourier transforms readily follows, yielding rapid and accurate analytical schemes. The accuracy and flexibility of our solutions are demonstrated by engineering topologically non-trivial states, from primitive cells with broken spatial symmetries, following the phononic analogue of the Quantum Valley Hall Effect (QVHE). Topologically protected states are produced and coexist along: interfaces between adjoining chiral-mirrored bulk media and edges between one such chiral bulk and the surrounding bare elastic plate, allowing topological circuits to be designed with robust waveguiding; these topologically non-trivial states exist within near flexural resonances of the constituent beams of the phononic crystal, and hence can be tuned into a deep-subwavelength regime.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2207.13118

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zbMATH Keywords

Fourier transformEuler-Bernoulli beamFourier serieselastic plateelastic wave scatteringelastic beam arrayFloquet-Bloch dispersion relationsingular Green function

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Wave scattering in solid mechanics (74J20) Rods (beams, columns, shafts, arches, rings, etc.) (74K10) Plates (74K20) Crystalline structure (74E15)

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• Multimode topological interface states in a one-dimensional elastic-wave phononic crystal

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