Abstract:

The low-frequency mechanical wave has stronger penetration capability in dissemination process, so it is hard to be attenuated. Especially in infrasound range, the mechanical wave could resonance with body organs easily, and causing harm to health. In order to effectivly control the low-frequency mechanical wave, the solution for noise pollution problems in modern industrial production and daily life is given, by combining with the phononic crystals and acoustic metamaterials that have been developed in last decade. New methods for low-frequency vibration and noise reduction based on phononic crystals and acoustic metamaterials are systematically summarized and discussed. Typical sources of low-frequency vibration and noise, the existence difficulties to control it, and the harms to human body are summarized. The related works that passively control the low-frequency vibration and noise based on acoustic band gap characteristics of photonic crystal are summarized. Particularly, the specific methods and effects to achieve low-frequency vibration and noise attenuation by rod, plate and membrane structures with subwavelength size characteristics are reviewed. In the framework of the acoustic metamaterials, the applications of membrane-type structures in low-frequency vibration and noise attenuation, its advantages and disadvantages are discussed. Through a combination of practical engineering and the latest research developments, the problems still exist in this field and future trends are summarized. The result has some guiding value to promot the application of phononic crystals and acoustic metamaterials in engineering practice.

Key words: acoustic metamaterials, elastic membrane, phononic crystals, thin plate, low-frequency vibration and noise