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Main Authors: Deguchi, Hiroaki, Matsushima, Kei, Yamada, Takayuki
Format: Preprint
Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.05217
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author Deguchi, Hiroaki
Matsushima, Kei
Yamada, Takayuki
author_facet Deguchi, Hiroaki
Matsushima, Kei
Yamada, Takayuki
contents Mitigating low-frequency noise is particularly challenging due to its limited natural attenuation. This study aims to design viscoelastic composite microstructures that achieve both low acoustic reflection and high internal damping by simultaneously enhancing their effective acoustic impedance and attenuation characteristics. Using complex-valued periodic homogenization theory and density-based topology optimization, viscoelastic and impedance-matching materials are designed within a highly symmetric unit cell to manipulate these isotropic properties. Numerical results show that the optimized isotropic design robustly outperforms its constituent materials and simple anisotropic laminate structures, exhibiting performance that is stable across a wide frequency band and independent of orientation. This demonstrates the potential of microstructural engineering for effective low-frequency noise mitigation.
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spellingShingle Topology optimization of isotropic viscoelastic microstructures based on periodic homogenization
Deguchi, Hiroaki
Matsushima, Kei
Yamada, Takayuki
Applied Physics
Mitigating low-frequency noise is particularly challenging due to its limited natural attenuation. This study aims to design viscoelastic composite microstructures that achieve both low acoustic reflection and high internal damping by simultaneously enhancing their effective acoustic impedance and attenuation characteristics. Using complex-valued periodic homogenization theory and density-based topology optimization, viscoelastic and impedance-matching materials are designed within a highly symmetric unit cell to manipulate these isotropic properties. Numerical results show that the optimized isotropic design robustly outperforms its constituent materials and simple anisotropic laminate structures, exhibiting performance that is stable across a wide frequency band and independent of orientation. This demonstrates the potential of microstructural engineering for effective low-frequency noise mitigation.
title Topology optimization of isotropic viscoelastic microstructures based on periodic homogenization
topic Applied Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.05217