New Acoustics Based on Metamaterials

• Main Author: Gan, Woon Siong (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Engineering Materials,
• Subjects: Materials science.; Acoustical engineering.; Mechanics.; Mechanics, Applied.; Acoustics.; Characterization and Evaluation of Materials.; Engineering Acoustics.; Solid Mechanics.

This book highlights the acoustical metamaterials' capability to manipulate the direction of sound propagation in solids which in turn control the scattering, diffraction and refraction, the three basic mechanisms of sound propagation in solids. This gives rise to several novel theories and app...