395 research outputs found
Symmetry of the phonon landscape across the duality boundary of twisted kagomes lattices
In this work, we investigate the symmetry of the phonon landscape of twisted
kagome lattices across their duality boundary. The study is inspired by recent
work by Fruchart et al. [Nature, 577, 2020], who specialized the notion of
duality to the mechanistic problem of kagome lattices and linked it to the
existence of duality transformations between configurations that are
symmetrically located across a critical transition point in configuration
space. Our first goal is to elucidate how the existence of matching phonon
spectra between dual configurations manifest in terms of observable wavefield
characteristics. To this end, we explore the possibility to aggregate dual
kagome configurations into bi-domain lattices that are geometrically
heterogeneous but retain a mechanically homogeneous response. Our second
objective is to extend the analysis to structural lattices of beams, which are
representative of realistic cellular metamaterials. We show that, in this case,
the symmetry of the phonon landscape across the duality boundary is broken,
implying that the conditions for dual behavior do not merely depend on the
geometry, but also on the dominant mechanisms of the cell, suggesting a
dichotomy between geometric and functional duality
Manipulating waves with LEGO bricks: A versatile experimental platform for metamaterial architectures
In this letter, we discuss a versatile, fully-reconfigurable experimental
platform for the investigation of phononic phenomena in metamaterial
architectures. The approach revolves around the use of 3D laser vibrometry to
reconstruct global and local wavefield features in specimens obtained through
simple arrangements of LEGO bricks on a thin baseplate. The
agility by which it is possible to reconfigure the brick patterns into a nearly
endless spectrum of topologies makes this an effective approach for rapid
experimental proof of concept, as well as a powerful didactic tool, in the
arena of phononic crystals and metamaterials engineering. We use our platform
to provide a compelling visual illustration of important spatial wave
manipulation effects (waveguiding and seismic isolation), and to elucidate
fundamental dichotomies between Bragg-based and locally resonant bandgap
mechanisms
Manipulating waves by distilling frequencies: a tunable shunt-enabled rainbow trap
In this work, we propose and test a strategy for tunable, broadband wave
attenuation in electromechanical waveguides with shunted piezoelectric
inclusions. Our strategy is built upon the vast pre-existing literature on
vibration attenuation and bandgap generation in structures featuring periodic
arrays of piezo patches, but distinguishes itself for several key features.
First, we demystify the idea that periodicity is a requirement for wave
attenuation and bandgap formation. We further embrace the idea of "organized
disorder" by tuning the circuits as to resonate at distinct neighboring
frequencies. In doing so, we create a tunable "rainbow trap" [Tsakmakidis et
al. Nature 450, 397-401 (2007)] capable of attenuating waves with broadband
characteristics, by "distilling" (sequentially) seven frequencies from a
traveling wavepacket. Finally, we devote considerable attention to the
implications in terms of packet distortion of the spectral manipulation
introduced by shunting. This work is also meant to serve as a didactic tool for
those approaching the field of shunted piezoelectrics, and attempts to provide
a different perspective, with abundant details, on how to successfully design
an experimental setup involving resistive-inductive shunts.Comment: D.C. and P.C. both contributed majorly to the realization of this
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Noisy Matrix Completion under Sparse Factor Models
This paper examines a general class of noisy matrix completion tasks where
the goal is to estimate a matrix from observations obtained at a subset of its
entries, each of which is subject to random noise or corruption. Our specific
focus is on settings where the matrix to be estimated is well-approximated by a
product of two (a priori unknown) matrices, one of which is sparse. Such
structural models - referred to here as "sparse factor models" - have been
widely used, for example, in subspace clustering applications, as well as in
contemporary sparse modeling and dictionary learning tasks. Our main
theoretical contributions are estimation error bounds for sparsity-regularized
maximum likelihood estimators for problems of this form, which are applicable
to a number of different observation noise or corruption models. Several
specific implications are examined, including scenarios where observations are
corrupted by additive Gaussian noise or additive heavier-tailed (Laplace)
noise, Poisson-distributed observations, and highly-quantized (e.g., one-bit)
observations. We also propose a simple algorithmic approach based on the
alternating direction method of multipliers for these tasks, and provide
experimental evidence to support our error analyses.Comment: 42 Pages, 7 Figures, Submitted to IEEE Transactions on Information
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Anomaly-Sensitive Dictionary Learning for Unsupervised Diagnostics of Solid Media
This paper proposes a strategy for the detection and triangulation of
structural anomalies in solid media. The method revolves around the
construction of sparse representations of the medium's dynamic response,
obtained by learning instructive dictionaries which form a suitable basis for
the response data. The resulting sparse coding problem is recast as a modified
dictionary learning task with additional spatial sparsity constraints enforced
on the atoms of the learned dictionaries, which provides them with a prescribed
spatial topology that is designed to unveil anomalous regions in the physical
domain. The proposed methodology is model agnostic, i.e., it forsakes the need
for a physical model and requires virtually no a priori knowledge of the
structure's material properties, as all the inferences are exclusively informed
by the data through the layers of information that are available in the
intrinsic salient structure of the material's dynamic response. This
characteristic makes the approach powerful for anomaly identification in
systems with unknown or heterogeneous property distribution, for which a model
is unsuitable or unreliable. The method is validated using both syntheticallyComment: Submitted to the Proceedings of the Royal Society
Bandgap widening by disorder in rainbow metamaterials
Stubbed plates, i.e., thin elastic sheets endowed with pillar-like
resonators, display subwavelength, locally-resonant bandgaps that are primarily
controlled by the intrinsic resonance properties of the pillars. In this work,
we experimentally study the bandgap response of a tunable heterogeneous plate
endowed with reconfigurable families of pillars. We demonstrate that, under
certain circumstances, both the spectrum of resonant frequencies of the pillars
and their spatial arrangement influence the filtering characteristics of the
system. Specifically, both spatially graded and disordered arrangements result
in bandgap widening. Moreover, the spectral range over which attenuation is
achieved with random arrangements is on average wider than the one observed
with graded configurations
Wavenumber-space band clipping in nonlinear periodic structures
In weakly nonlinear systems, the main effect of cubic nonlinearity on wave
propagation is an amplitude-dependent correction of the dispersion relation.
This phenomenon can manifest either as a frequency shift or as a wavenumber
shift depending on whether the excitation is prescribed as a initial condition
or as a boundary condition, respectively. Several models have been proposed to
capture the frequency shifts observed when the system is subjected to harmonic
initial excitations. However, these models are not compatible with harmonic
boundary excitations, which represent the conditions encountered in most
practical applications. To overcome this limitation, we present a multiple
scales framework to analytically capture the wavenumber shift experienced by
dispersion relation of nonlinear monatomic chains under harmonic boundary
excitations. We demonstrate that the wavenumber shifts result in an unusual
dispersion correction effect, which we term wavenumber-space band clipping. We
then extend the framework to locally-resonant periodic structures to explore
the implications of this phenomenon on bandgap tunability. We show that the
tuning capability is available if the cubic nonlinearity is deployed in the
internal springs supporting the resonators.Comment: 13 pages, 10 figure
Edge Modes and Asymmetric Wave Transport in Topological Lattices: Experimental Characterization at Finite Frequencies
Although topological mechanical metamaterials have been extensively studied
from a theoretical perspective, their experimental characterization has been
lagging. To address this shortcoming, we present a systematic laser-assisted
experimental characterization of topological kagome lattices, aimed at
elucidating their in-plane phononic and topological characteristics. We
specifically explore the continuum elasticity limit, which is established when
the ideal hinges that appear in the theoretical models are replaced by
ligaments capable of supporting bending deformation, as observed for instance
in realistic physical lattices. We reveal how the zero-energy floppy edge modes
predicted for ideal configurations morph into finite-frequency phonon modes
that localize at the edges. By probing the lattices with carefully designed
excitation signals, we are able to extract and characterize all the features of
a complex low-frequency acoustic regime in which bulk modes and topological
edge modes overlap and entangle in response. The experiments provide
unequivocal evidence of the existence of strong asymmetric wave transport
regimes at finite frequencies.Comment: 8 pages, 10 figure
Dynamics of interacting particle systems: Modeling implications of the repulsive interactions and experiments on magnetic prototypes
In this work, we investigate the dynamics of interacting particle systems
subjected to repulsive forces, such as lattices of magnetized particles. To
this end, we first develop a general model capable of capturing the complete
dynamical behavior of interacting particle systems governed by arbitrary
potentials. The model elucidates the important role played by the static
repulsive forces exchanged between particles in the initial equilibrium
configuration, which is distilled and mathematically captured by a dedicated
component of the stiffness matrix. The implications of the model are then
examined through the simple illustrative example of a magnetic particle
oscillator, by which we show that the effect associated with the initial static
forces is germane to two- or higher-dimensional particle systems and vanishes
for 1D chains. In the context of wave propagation, we show that this type of
effect manifests as modal-selective corrections of the dispersion relation of
2D repulsive lattices. To corroborate these findings, we perform laser
vibrometry experiments on a lattice prototype consisting of a triangular grid
of magnets supported by an elastic foundation of thin pillars. The tests
unequivocally confirm the emergence of distinctive dispersive regimes in
quantitative accordance to the model
Nonlinear harmonic generation in two-dimensional lattices of repulsive magnets
In this Letter, we provide experimental evidence of nonlinear wave
propagation in a triangular lattice of repulsive magnets supported by an
elastic foundation of thin pillars and we interpret all the individual features
of the nonlinear wavefield through the lens of a phonon band calculation that
precisely accounts for the inter-particle repulsive forces. We confirm the
co-existence of two spectrally distinct components (homogeneous and forced) in
the wave response that is induced via second harmonic generation (SHG), a
well-known effect of quadratic nonlinearity (here embedded in the magnetic
interaction). We show that the modal and spatial characteristics of the second
harmonic components are complementary to those exhibited by the fundamental
harmonic. This endows the lattice with a functionality enrichment capability,
whereby additional modes and directivity patterns can be triggered and tuned by
merely increasing the amplitude of excitation.Comment: 5 pages, 4 figure
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