Vibration and sound control is critical to many practical engineering systems in order to
minimise the detrimental effects caused by unavoidable vibrations and noises …

Mechanical metamaterials exhibit some superior mechanical properties such as ultrahigh
strength-to-weight ratio, negative bulk-modulus, negative stiffness, negative mass-density …

The advancement in electromagnetic metamaterials, which commenced three decades ago,
experienced a rapid transformation into acoustic and elastic systems in the forms of …

A novel metamaterial beam with embedded quasi-zero-stiffness (QZS) resonator is
proposed to realize wave attenuation in very low-frequency band gaps. The configuration of …

Inertial amplification has been utilized in phononic media as a mechanism for the generation
of large band gaps at low subwavelength frequencies. A unique feature in an inertial …

Introducing a negative-stiffness mechanism (NSM) into a traditional linear resonator to form
a high-static-low-dynamic-stiffness (HSLDS) resonator is an ideal way to create a low …

In elastic wave systems, combining the powerful concepts of resonance and spatial grading
within structured surface arrays enable resonant metasurfaces to exhibit broadband wave …

Elastic metamaterials with local resonance bandgaps are promising for low-frequency
vibration mitigation. However, such locally resonant metamaterials inherently possess …

The aim of this study is to design a two-dimensional solid structure with embedded inertial
amplification mechanisms that shows an ultrawide stop band (band gap) at low frequencies …

Acoustic metamaterials (AMM) and phononic crystals (PC) have the potential to unfold a
new wave of disruptive technologies to radically transform human interactions, sensory …