Abstract
In this paper we design an acoustic metamaterial for broadband sound blockage that is easy to fabricate and presents tunable capabilities. Two adjacent holey plates are predicted to support a gap mode which is responsible of a forbidden band, displaying a negative effective bulk modulus. This acoustic metamaterial exhibits a weak dispersion with parallel momentum implying that strong attenuation appears for a broad range of angles of incident sound. Its bandwidth can be tailored at will by varying the separation between the two holey plates.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 134106 |
| Journal | Applied Physics Letters |
| Volume | 97 |
| Issue number | 13 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| ISSN | 0003-6951 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2010 |
| Externally published | Yes |