Vibroacoustic metamaterial for enhanced low-frequency vibration mitigation using nonlinear local resonators

• Grant number: 23/02855-5
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships abroad - Research Internship - Post-doctor
• Effective date (Start): May 15, 2023
• Effective date (End): May 14, 2024
• Field of knowledge: Engineering - Mechanical Engineering - Mechanics of Solids
• Principal Investigator: Leopoldo Pisanelli Rodrigues de Oliveira
• Grantee: Douglas Roca Santo
• Supervisor: Elke Deckers
• Host Institution: Escola de Engenharia de São Carlos (EESC). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Carlos , SP, Brazil
• Research place: University of Leuven, Leuven (KU Leuven), Belgium
• Associated to the scholarship: 21/11314-2 - Improving the vibroacoustic performance of metastructures by inclusion of nonlinear local resonators, BP.PD

Abstract

The use of periodicity has become an exciting solution for structural noise and vibration reduction in many engineering applications. Acoustic metamaterials are structures built using repetitive assemblies of identical elements to explore either Bragg-scattering or internal resonance to control mechanical waves. They present frequency bands in which waves do not freely propagate, named bandgaps, allowing acoustic and vibration attenuation at various frequency ranges. If properly designed and implemented, nonlinear stiffness can result in resonance frequency shifts that broaden the attenuation frequency band and better isolate subsystems that could be sensitive to higher excitation levels. Therefore, this research proposal for a postdoctoral internship abroad is to enhance the vibroacoustic performance of metastructures by including nonlinear local resonators fabricated using an injection molding process. (AU)