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Viscoelastic response of sonic band-gap materials

Soft Condensed Matter 2009-11-07 v2

Abstract

A brief report is presented on the effect of viscoelastic losses in a high density contrast sonic band-gap material of close-packed rubber spheres in air. The scattering properties of such a material are computed with an on-shell multiple scattering method, properties which are compared with the lossless case. The existence of an appreciable omnidirectional gap in the transmission spectrum, when losses are present, is also reported.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0102359,
  title  = {Viscoelastic response of sonic band-gap materials},
  author = {I. E. Psarobas},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0102359},
  year   = {2009}
}

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5 pages, 4 figures, submitted to PRB