A Meshless Weak-form RBF Method for Calculating the Elastic Wave Band Structures of Layered Phononic Crystals

Yang Yang Wang, Zhi Zhong Yan*

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Abstract

In this paper, a meshless local weak-form method based on compact radial basis functions (RBFs) is proposed to calculate the band structures of layered phononic crystals. The displacement function is represented by a set of radial basis functions, and the general form of the proposed RBF method for a unit-cell is derived by using the variational principle with consideration of the periodic boundary conditions. The band structures can be obtained by solving a matrix eigenvalue problem. The novel weak-form RBF method is verified by the finite element method (FEM). For different acoustic impedance ratios and length ratios, numerical examples are presented and discussed to show the efficiency of the proposed weak-form RBF method compared to the FEM and the strong-form RBF method for calculating the band structures of layered phononic crystals.

Translated title of the contribution一种计算层状声子晶体弹性波带结构的无网格弱形式RBF方法
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2632-2642
Number of pages11
JournalRengong Jingti Xuebao/Journal of Synthetic Crystals
Volume47
Issue number12
Publication statusPublished - 1 Dec 2018

Keywords

  • Band structure
  • Gauss quadrature
  • Meshless weak-form method
  • Phononic crystal
  • RBF

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