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Jing Zhao1, Zhixin Ma1, Yiyang Hu1
1Key Laboratory of Ocean Acoustic and Sensing, School of Marine Science and Technology, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an 710072, China.
Abstract:
Acoustic black holes (ABHs) are effective at suppressing vibrations at high frequencies, but their performance at low frequencies is limited. This paper aims to improve the low-frequency performance of ABH plates through the design of a metamaterial acoustic black hole (MMABH) plate. The MMABH plate consists of a double-layer ABH plate with a set of periodic local resonators installed between the layers. The resonators are tuned to the low-frequency peak points of the ABH plate, which are identified using finite element analysis. To dissipate vibration energy, the beams of the resonators are covered with damping layers. A modal analysis of the MMABH plate is performed, confirming its damping effect over a wide frequency band, especially at low frequencies.
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