Seismic Waveguide of Metamaterials
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2012
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Kim, Sang-Hoon
Das, Mukunda P
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World Scientific Publishing Company
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We developed a new method of an earthquake-resistant design to support conventional aseismic system using acoustic metamaterials. The device is an attenuator of a seismic wave that reduces the amplitude of the wave exponentially. Constructing a cylindrical shell-type waveguide composed of many Helmholtz resonators that creates a stop-band for the seismic frequency range, we convert the seismic wave into an attenuated one without touching the building that we want to protect. It is a mechanical way to convert the seismic energy into sound and heat.
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Keywords: acoustic properties; Metamaterial; seismic wave
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Modern Physics Letters B
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