Seismic metamaterials: Generating low-frequency bandgaps induced by inertial amplification

Y Zeng, L Cao, S Wan, T Guo, YF Wang, QJ Du… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
In the last two decades, seismic metamaterials have attracted significant attention of
researchers because of the characteristic of the bandgap which can be used to control …

Bandgap merging and backward wave propagation in inertial amplification metamaterials

C Zhao, K Zhang, P Zhao, F Hong, Z Deng - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
The aim of this study is to investigate the wave propagation characteristics of one-
dimensional inertial amplification (IA) metamaterials with double resonators. The IA Angle is …

[HTML][HTML] A Matryoshka-like seismic metamaterial with wide band-gap characteristics

Y Zeng, Y Xu, H Yang, M Muzamil, R Xu, K Deng… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Seismic surface waves, composed of many complex waves and difficult to attenuate, can be
controlled and obstructed by seismic metamaterials applied in civil engineering to protect …

Propagation of elastic waves in metamaterial plates with various lattices for low-frequency vibration attenuation

G Yan, S Yao, Y Li - Journal of Sound and Vibration, 2022 - Elsevier
Elastic wave propagation characteristics of elastic metamaterial plates embedded scatterer
with various lattices are explored numerically and experimentally in this study, for the …

A review of research on seismic metamaterials

D Mu, H Shu, L Zhao, S An - Advanced Engineering Materials, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
In recent years, elastic metamaterials inspired from electromagnetic metamaterials have
been used to protect buildings during earthquakes, and their effectiveness in seismic wave …

[HTML][HTML] Seismic isolation of buildings using composite foundations based on metamaterials

O Casablanca, G Ventura, F Garesci… - Journal of Applied …, 2018 - pubs.aip.org
Metamaterials can be engineered to interact with waves in entirely new ways, finding
application on the nanoscale in various fields such as optics and acoustics. In addition …

[HTML][HTML] Broadband inverted T-shaped seismic metamaterial

Y Zeng, SY Zhang, HT Zhou, YF Wang, L Cao, Y Zhu… - Materials & Design, 2021 - Elsevier
Seismic metamaterials (SMs) are expected to assist or replace traditional isolation systems
owing to their strong attenuation of seismic waves. In this work, a one-dimensional inverted …

Propagation and attenuation of Rayleigh and pseudo surface waves in viscoelastic metamaterials

R Cai, Y Jin, T Rabczuk, X Zhuang… - Journal of Applied …, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
The development of seismic metamaterials has attracted much research interest in the past
decade. Efforts have been made by using experimental and theoretical approaches to …

Artificially engineered metaconcrete with wide bandgap for seismic surface wave manipulation

Z Chen, G Wang, CW Lim - Engineering Structures, 2023 - Elsevier
The energy of ground-born vibration is transported mostly by surface waves. Therefore,
engineered structures which absorb externally applied energy and improve structural …

Dissipative elastic metamaterials for broadband wave mitigation at subwavelength scale

YY Chen, MV Barnhart, JK Chen, GK Hu, CT Sun… - Composite …, 2016 - Elsevier
In this paper, an elastic metamaterial with multiple dissipative resonators is presented for
broadband wave mitigation by properly utilizing interactions from resonant motions and …