In recent years, elastic metamaterials inspired from electromagnetic metamaterials have
been used to protect buildings during earthquakes, and their effectiveness in seismic wave …

In the last two decades, seismic metamaterials have attracted significant attention of
researchers because of the characteristic of the bandgap which can be used to control …

Auxetic materials with negative Poisson's ratio (PR) exhibit superior mechanical properties
with regard to energy absorption, while their potential for surface wave shielding is only in its …

The energy of ground-born vibration is transported mostly by surface waves. Therefore,
engineered structures which absorb externally applied energy and improve structural …

Broadband attenuation of low frequency acoustic waves in compact structure designs is a
challenging issue, especially in the application to seismic waves. In this work, we propose a …

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

To protect civil structures from seismic damage, metasurfaces have been designed to control
the propagation of Rayleigh wave along the free surface of an elastic half-space. The …

This paper aims to investigate the propagation of low-frequency seismic surface waves in
periodic in-filled barriers from the viewpoint of bandgaps. Based on Bloch-Flouquet theory …

The development of engineering technology puts forward more demanding requirements for
the performance of materials, many of which cannot be met by the existing natural materials …

With the rapid development of high speed rail system, ground vibration mitigation solutions
are desperately needed. Based on the concepts of phononic crystals, seismic metamaterial …