Phononic crystals (PCs) and metamaterials (MMs) can exhibit abnormal properties, even far
beyond those found in nature, through artificial design of the topology or ordered structure of …

The study of granular crystals, which are nonlinear metamaterials that consist of closely
packed arrays of particles that interact elastically, is a vibrant area of research that combines …

We combine experimental, numerical, and analytical tools to design highly nonlinear
mechanical metamaterials that exhibit a new phenomenon: gaps in amplitude for elastic …

Elastic metamaterials (EMMs) encompass a relatively new class of composite materials that
exhibit unique dynamic effective material properties and possess the ability to mitigate or …

We study the formation of frequency band gaps in single column woodpile phononic crystals
composed of orthogonally stacked slender cylinders. We focus on investigating the effect of …

The study of mechanics of granular media dates back to the era of Coulomb. He was the first
to postulate the yield condition for homogeneous solids and also conditions for failure in …

This chapter describes the dynamic behavior of nonlinear periodic phononic structures,
along with how such structures can be utilized to affect the propagation of mechanical …

Ordered granular structures have garnered considerable attention across various fields due
to their capacity to manipulate the transmission of mechanical energy and mitigate the …

We theoretically study and experimentally report the propagation of nonlinear hysteretic
torsional pulses in a vertical granular chain made of cm-scale, self-hanged magnetic beads …

Wave dispersion in a string carrying periodically distributed masses is investigated
analytically and experimentally. The effect of the string's geometric nonlinearity on its wave …