In solid state physics, a bandgap (BG) refers to a range of energies where no electronic
states can exist. This concept was extended to classical waves, spawning the entire fields of …

Achieving broadband low-frequency surface wave bandgaps is technically challenging,
which calls for a systematic design paradigm instead of intuitive approaches. In this study …

The use of artificial periodic structures such as periodic wave barriers and seismic
metamaterials has attracted attention as an effective approach to reduce the impact of …

This paper studies periodically arranged seismic barriers consisting of finite and infinite
lattices to mitigate seismic surface waves in layered soils. Using Bloch-Flouquet theory …

Cumulative second harmonic Lamb waves in nonlinear media feature increasing amplitudes
with propagation distance, conducive to the monitoring of material microstructural changes …

The ground‐borne vibration generated by moving trains has become an important
environmental problem. Research on mitigation measures has been uninterrupted for …

A deep learning model consisting of a variational autoencoder (VAE) and a tandem neural
network (TNN) is presented to realize the inverse design of a locally resonant metabarrier for …

Train vibrations are the primary concern in environmental engineering and civil engineering.
It is significantly imperative to find new methods for reducing and isolating vibrations. The …

Owing to their high sensitivity to material microstructural defects, nonlinear guided waves
(NGWs) show great promise for the early detection of incipient damages, conducive to …

The frequency attenuation zones (AZs) of periodic pile barriers have attracted extensive
attention in recent years due to their superior performance in ambient vibration reduction …