Journal
COMPOSITE STRUCTURES
Volume 201, Issue -, Pages 161-177Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2018.06.022
Keywords
Anisotropic metamaterial; Topology design; Perfect transmodal Fabry-Perot interference; Homogenization method
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Funding
- Brain Korea 21 Plus Project in 2017 [F14SN02D1310]
- Global Frontier R&D Program on Center for Wave Energy Control based on Metamaterials [2014M3A6B3063711]
- National Research Foundation of Korea - Korean Ministry of Science, ICT & Future Planning through the Institute of Advanced Machines and Design at Seoul National University in Korea [2016R1A2B3010231]
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This work is concerned with the topology optimization of anisotropic elastic metamaterials exhibiting perfect mode conversion, a newly discovered phenomenon that an incident longitudinal (transverse) mode is solely and maximally converted to a transmitted transverse (longitudinal) mode. The wave phenomenon occurs at a series of interference frequencies due to elaborate multimodal interferences, known as the perfect transmodal FabryPerot interferences. Because the metamaterial must satisfy unique anisotropic relations among its effective stiffness, design of its unit cell is difficult without a systematic strategy. Here, we propose a topology optimization method based on the effective material properties to design such artificial composites. The homogenization method is employed to evaluate the effective material properties and the anisotropy requirements are treated as a special form of constraints. Because there is no natural mass constraint, we propose to maximize the effective longitudinal-transverse coupling stiffness for stable convergence. The sensitivity analysis is performed analytically within the finite element framework to update the design variables. The validity and effectiveness of the developed method are verified by considering different lattice types and interference cases. Considering the wide potential applications of anisotropic metamaterials in industrial applications, the developed numerical method can be an important and critically useful design tool.
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