Luca Placidi, Mohammed Galal El Sherbiny and Paolo
Baragatti
Vol. 9 (2021), No. 4, 413–421
DOI: 10.2140/memocs.2021.9.413
Abstract
This paper aims at investigating experimentally the existence of the frequency band
gap in microstructural materials containing a density of resonators. This model
belongs to metamaterials which show interesting properties. In particular, the
property whose study is the objective of this paper is the capacity of eliminating the
vibration amplitude in a specific frequency range, which is called the frequency band
gap. To achieve this goal a microstructure model was built using a 3D printer, then it
was tested using a shaking table device. The experimental setup and results are
obtained. Results discussion and conclusions are offered. They show clearly
the interesting existence of the frequency band gap in such microstructure
models.
Keywords
frequency band gap, metamaterials, microstructure,
vibration, shaking table device, 3D printer