An experimental investigation of acoustic band gaps and localization in granular elastic chains

Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference

Volumn 1, Issue PARTS A AND B, 2009, Pages 271-276

  Boechler, Nicholas ^a   Daraio, Chiara ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b California Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC BAND GAPS; BAND-GAP EDGE; BREATHING MODES; CHAIN GEOMETRY; CONTINUUM THEORY; DYNAMIC EXCITATIONS; DYNAMIC PHENOMENA; ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL SYSTEM; FREQUENCY RANGES; FUNDAMENTAL FREQUENCIES; HARMONIC EXCITATION; MATERIAL PARAMETER; NON-LINEARITY; NUMERICAL MODELING; PERIODIC OSCILLATION; PERIODIC SIGNAL; PRE-COMPRESSION; SHORT BURSTS; STEEL SPHERES; STRONGLY NONLINEAR; SURFACE INSTABILITY; TRANSMITTED WAVES; TUNABILITIES;

CONTINUUM MECHANICS; DESIGN; ENERGY GAP; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

FAST FOURIER TRANSFORMS;

EID: 82155202872     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/DETC2009-87427     Document Type: Conference Paper

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