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A metamaterial having a frequency dependent elasticity tensor and a zero effective mass density

Classical Physics 2015-10-28 v1 Materials Science Mathematical Physics Analysis of PDEs math.MP

Abstract

Within the context of linear elasticity we show that a two-terminal network of springs and masses, can respond exactly the same as a normal spring, but with a frequency dependent spring constant. As a consequence a network of such springs can have a frequency dependent effective elasticity tensor but zero effective mass density. The internal masses influence the elasticity tensor, but do not contribute to the effective mass density at any frequency.

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@article{arxiv.1105.0941,
  title  = {A metamaterial having a frequency dependent elasticity tensor and a zero effective mass density},
  author = {Graeme Milton and Pierre Seppecher},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1105.0941},
  year   = {2015}
}

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5 pages 1 figure

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