An, Y.; Zou, H.; Zhao, A. Broadband Waterborne Multiphase Pentamode Metastructure with Simultaneous Wavefront Manipulation and Energy Absorption Capabilities. Materials2023, 16, 5051.
An, Y.; Zou, H.; Zhao, A. Broadband Waterborne Multiphase Pentamode Metastructure with Simultaneous Wavefront Manipulation and Energy Absorption Capabilities. Materials 2023, 16, 5051.
An, Y.; Zou, H.; Zhao, A. Broadband Waterborne Multiphase Pentamode Metastructure with Simultaneous Wavefront Manipulation and Energy Absorption Capabilities. Materials2023, 16, 5051.
An, Y.; Zou, H.; Zhao, A. Broadband Waterborne Multiphase Pentamode Metastructure with Simultaneous Wavefront Manipulation and Energy Absorption Capabilities. Materials 2023, 16, 5051.
Abstract
Acoustic metasurface are artificial structures which could manipulate the wavefront in sub-wavelength dimensions and the previous proposed acoustic metasurface were mostly realized with single materials. An acoustic metasurface with composite structure is proposed for underwater acoustic stealth considering both wavefront manipulation and sound absorption. The unit cells of the metasurface are composed by metallic supporting lattice, interconnecting polymer materials and mass balancing columns. With the gradual modulations of equivalent physical properties along the horizontal direction of metasurface, the incident acoustic wave is reflected to other directions. Meanwhile, the polymer material inside the unit cells would dissipate the acoustic wave energy due to inherent damping properties. With the simultaneous modulations of reflected wave direction and scattering acoustic amplitude, significant improvement of underwater stealth effect is achieved. Compared with single-phase metasurface, the Far-Field Sound Pressure Level (FFSPL) of the multiphase metasurface decreased by 4.82 dB within the frequency range of 3kHz~30kHz. Under a hydrostatic pressure of 5MPa, the linearized mean stress for multiphase metasurface is only 1/3 of that of single-phase metasurface due to much thicker struts and much more uniform stress distribution. The proposed composite structure possesses potential applications due to acceptable thickness (80mm) and low equivalent density (1100 kg/m3).
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