This book highlights the acoustical metamaterials’ capability to manipulate the direction of sound propagation in solids which in turn control the scattering, diffraction and refraction, the three basic mechanisms of sound propagation in solids. This gives rise to several novel theories and applications and hence the name new acoustics. As an introduction, the book mentions that symmetry of acoustic fields is the theoretical framework of acoustical metamaterials. This is then followed by describing that acoustical metamaterials began with locally resonant sonic materials which ushered in the concept of negative acoustic parameters such as mass density and bulk modulus. This complies with form invariance of the acoustic equation of motion which again exemplifies the symmetry property of acoustic fields.
Covers both theory and experiments on various topics of wave propagation in metamaterials
Describes new formulations in crystal acoustics, with regards to wave propagation
Serves as solid reference for researchers and professionals in the field
Covers both theory and experiments on various topics of wave propagation in metamaterials Describes new formulations in crystal acoustics, with regards to wave propagation Serves as solid reference for researchers and professionals in the field Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Woon Siong Gan
Gauge Invariance Negative Refraction Acoustical Cloaking Seismic Metamaterials Crystal Acoustics Diffraction Tomography Acoustic Waveguides Acoustic Filters Nonlinear Phononic Crystals Artificial Piezoelectricity