Didattica di Eccellenza - Waves in Periodic Structures and Elastic Metamaterials - Prof. Stefano GONELLA - University of Minnesota

Sala Ferrari (DIMEAS, 2nd floor)

Scope of the course is to provide the analytical and computational tools for the analysis of wave phenomena in periodic structures, phononic crystals and elastic metamaterials.

Monday, 20 May 2019
9.30-12.30
AM1: Introduction to wave propagation
AM2: Wave propagation in 1D media
13.45-15.15
PM: Wave dispersion and group velocity

Tuesday, 21 May 2019
9.30-12.30
AM1: Introduction to wave propagation in 2D media
AM2: Wave propagation in 1D periodic structures - Bloch theorem
13.45-15.15
PM: Band diagrams and phononic bandgaps

Wednesday, 22 May 2019
9.30-12.30
AM1: Locally-resonant metamaterials
AM2: Wave propagation in 2D periodic structures - Brillouin zones
13.45-15.15
PM: Wave propagation in 2D periodic structures - Directivity and
waveguiding

Thursday, 23 May 2019
9.30-12.30
AM1: Wave propagation in lattices
AM2: Negative refraction
13.45-15.15
PM: Contemporary topics in 2D phononics
Final Exam