Design of embedded acoustic lenses in plate-like structures based on periodic acoustic black holes

Hongfei Zhu; Fabio Semperlotti

doi:10.1117/12.2084245

27 March 2015 Design of embedded acoustic lenses in plate-like structures based on periodic acoustic black holes

Hongfei Zhu, Fabio Semperlotti

Proceedings Volume 9435, Sensors and Smart Structures Technologies for Civil, Mechanical, and Aerospace Systems 2015; 94350K (2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2084245
Event: SPIE Smart Structures and Materials + Nondestructive Evaluation and Health Monitoring, 2015, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

We use a recently developed class of metamaterials based on geometric inhomogeneities to design acoustic lenses embedded in thin-walled structural element. The geometric inhomogeneity is based on the concept of Acoustic Black Hole (ABH) that is an exponential taper fully integrated in the supporting structure. The ABH is an element able to bend and, eventually, trap acoustic waves by creating areas with carefully engineered phase velocity gradients. Periodic lattices of ABHs are first studied in terms of their dispersion characteristics and then embedded in thin-plate structures to create lenses for ultrasonic focusing and collimation. Numerical simulations show the ability of the ABH lens to create focusing and collimation effects in an extended operating range that goes from the metamaterial to the phononic regime.

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Hongfei Zhu and Fabio Semperlotti "Design of embedded acoustic lenses in plate-like structures based on periodic acoustic black holes", Proc. SPIE 9435, Sensors and Smart Structures Technologies for Civil, Mechanical, and Aerospace Systems 2015, 94350K (27 March 2015); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2084245

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