Existence of complete band gaps in 2D steel-water phononic crystal with square lattice

Abstract

This paper theoretically and experimentally studies the existence of complete band gaps in two-dimensional (2D) phononic crystal consisting of parallel steel rods in water with square lattice. The band structure of phononic crystal is calculated by a plane wave expansion (PWE) method. Based on the well-known ultrasonic immersion transmission technique, the overlapping transmission spectra of acoustic waves, a complete band gap, is experimentally measured along the two high-symmetry directions of the first irreducible Brillouin zone. There is a very good agreement between the experimental result and the range of frequencies of the complete band gap.

Keywords

phononic crystal / plane wave expansion (PWE) method / experimental study

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Acknowledgments

This project was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 10632020).

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