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3D PRINTED MEMBRANE-TYPE ACOUSTIC
METAMATERIALS FOR SMALL-SCALE APPLICATIONS
Cecilia Casarini, Ben Tiller, James F.C. Windmill and Joseph C. Jackson
Centre for Ultrasonic Engineering
Department of Electronic & Electrical Engineering
University of Strathclyde, Glasgow UK
OUTLINE
Background and Motivations
Acoustic metamaterials based on Helmholtz resonators
3D printing membranes
Membranes-type metamaterials
Conclusions and Future Work
3D PRINTED MEMBRANE-TYPE ACOUSTIC METAMATERIALS
FOR SMALL-SCALE APPLICATIONS
BACKGROUND AND MOTIVATIONS
3D PRINTED MEMBRANE-TYPE ACOUSTIC METAMATERIALS
FOR SMALL-SCALE APPLICATIONS
BACKGROUND AND MOTIVATIONS
• Lightweight, small scale • There is a large range of materials to
choose from with different properties • It is possible to change the resonance
frequency by modifying the design (DMM, etc.)
3D PRINTED MEMBRANE-TYPE ACOUSTIC METAMATERIALS
FOR SMALL-SCALE APPLICATIONS
BACKGROUND AND MOTIVATIONS
• Lightweight, small scale • There is a large range of materials to
choose from with different properties • It is possible to change the resonance
frequency by modifying the design (DMM, active membranes, etc.)
• The need for developing 3D printing techniques for membrane-type acoustic metamaterials has
been highlighted in papers • 3D printing gives a high degree of similarity
among the samples, which is difficult to obtain in manually glued membranes
Lemoult, F., Kaina, N., Fink, M., and Lerosey, G. (2013). Wave propagation control at the deep subwavelength scale in metamaterials. Nat Phys, 9(1):55{60.
ACOUSTIC METAMATERIALS BASED ON
HELMHOLTZ RESONATORS
Casarini, C., Windmill, J.F.C., Jackson, J.C. (2017) 3D printed small-scale acoustic metamaterials based on Helmholtz resonators with tuned overtones. In IEEE Sensors
Conference, 2017
3D PRINTING MEMBRANES
Thickness – Exposure Time Materials Properties
PMMA PEGDA BEMA
Young’s
Modulus (Pa)
1.8 X 109 50 X 106 3 X 106
Density
(Kg/m3)
1180 1180 1099
Poisson’s
Ratio
0.33 0.35 0.4
• Trial and error process
• Increasing exposure time increases the
thickness
• Increasing the quantity of absorber
decreases the thickness
• Different materials need different
exposure times and amount of absorber
to obtain the same thickness
• Membranes increase and broaden the
bandgap • The resonance
frequency is higher than expected due to stress
added by the 3D printer
ACOUSTIC METAMATERIALS BASED ON 3D PRINTED MEMBRANES
CONCLUSIONS
• We successfully 3D printed thin membranes. • By printing the membranes on the bottom of Helmholtz resonators it
was possible to achieve broader and deeper band gaps. • However, the resonance frequency of the membranes was higher
than the one predicted analytically.
FUTURE WORK
• To test the sound transmission loss through impedance tube or other measurement techniques.
• To design and print acoustic metamaterials based on different kind of membranes and materials.
• To finally build and test audio devices and conduct psychoacoustic
evaluations.
CONCLUSIONS
• We successfully 3D printed thin membranes. • By printing the membranes on the bottom of Helmholtz resonators it
was possible to achieve broader and deeper band gaps. • However, the resonance frequency of the membranes was higher
than the one predicted analytically.
FUTURE WORK
• To test the sound transmission loss through impedance tube or other measurement techniques.
• To design and print acoustic metamaterials based on different kind of membranes and materials.
• To finally build and test audio devices and conduct psychoacoustic
evaluations.
CONCLUSIONS
• We successfully 3D printed thin membranes. • By printing the membranes on the bottom of Helmholtz resonators it
was possible to achieve broader and deeper band gaps. • However, the resonance frequency of the membranes was higher
than the one predicted analytically.
FUTURE WORK
• To test the sound transmission loss through impedance tube or other measurement techniques.
• To design and print acoustic metamaterials based on different kind of membranes and materials.
• To finally build and test audio devices and conduct psychoacoustic
evaluations.
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