Relative performance of different strategies for wave attenuation by periodic structures

For a periodic structure of symmetric scatterers, such as a ribbed plate or cylinder, Bloch-Floquet waves (BFW) are well-known periodic structure waves (PSW). Conventional wisdom is to attenuate BFW propagation by re-flections, energy absorption or stopping bands. Recent theoretical results show tha...

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Main Author: McMahon, Darryl
Format: Conference Paper
Published: 2017
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/85605
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description For a periodic structure of symmetric scatterers, such as a ribbed plate or cylinder, Bloch-Floquet waves (BFW) are well-known periodic structure waves (PSW). Conventional wisdom is to attenuate BFW propagation by re-flections, energy absorption or stopping bands. Recent theoretical results show that periodic structures with asymmetric scatterers do not lead to BFW, revealing more possibilities for noise reduction through these dif-ferent PSW. This paper compares the performance of reciprocal and nonreciprocal wave propagation as meth-ods for PSW attenuation. It is found that nonreciprocal wave propagation, such as could be realized with asymmetric metamaterial scatterers, could achieve significantly better attenuation with relatively small deviations from symmetric scatterer properties.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-856052021-10-06T03:46:10Z Relative performance of different strategies for wave attenuation by periodic structures McMahon, Darryl For a periodic structure of symmetric scatterers, such as a ribbed plate or cylinder, Bloch-Floquet waves (BFW) are well-known periodic structure waves (PSW). Conventional wisdom is to attenuate BFW propagation by re-flections, energy absorption or stopping bands. Recent theoretical results show that periodic structures with asymmetric scatterers do not lead to BFW, revealing more possibilities for noise reduction through these dif-ferent PSW. This paper compares the performance of reciprocal and nonreciprocal wave propagation as meth-ods for PSW attenuation. It is found that nonreciprocal wave propagation, such as could be realized with asymmetric metamaterial scatterers, could achieve significantly better attenuation with relatively small deviations from symmetric scatterer properties. 2017 Conference Paper http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/85605 fulltext
spellingShingle McMahon, Darryl
Relative performance of different strategies for wave attenuation by periodic structures
title Relative performance of different strategies for wave attenuation by periodic structures
title_full Relative performance of different strategies for wave attenuation by periodic structures
title_fullStr Relative performance of different strategies for wave attenuation by periodic structures
title_full_unstemmed Relative performance of different strategies for wave attenuation by periodic structures
title_short Relative performance of different strategies for wave attenuation by periodic structures
title_sort relative performance of different strategies for wave attenuation by periodic structures
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/85605