Normal form computation of nonlinear dispersion relationship for locally resonant metamaterial

TL;DR

This paper develops high-order approximations of nonlinear dispersion relations in locally resonant metamaterials using a complex normal form parametrisation method, comparing two strategies for handling Bloch assumptions and nonlinearities.

Contribution

It introduces two novel strategies, CNF-BP and CNF-PN, for deriving nonlinear dispersion relations in damped and nonlinear metamaterials, with validation and comparison to existing methods.

Findings

CNF-PN better captures complex wave phenomena in conservative systems.

CNF-BP faces limitations with nonlinear interactions and higher harmonics.

Validated methods against numerical and perturbation techniques.

Abstract

This article is devoted to the application of the parametrisation method for invariant manifold with a complex normal form style (CNF), for the derivation of high-order approximations of underdamped nonlinear dispersion relationships for periodic structures, more specifically by considering the case of a locally resonant metamaterial chain incorporating damping and various nonlinear stiffnesses. Two different strategies are proposed to solve the problem. In the first one, Bloch's assumption is first applied to the equations of motion, and then the nonlinear change of coordinates provided by the complex normal form style in the parametrisation method is applied. This direct procedure, which applies first the wave dependency to the original physical coordinates of the problem, is referred to as CNF-BP (for CNF applied with Bloch's assumption on physical coordinates). In the second strategy, the nonlinear change of coordinates provided by the parametrisation method, which relates the physical coordinates to the so-called normal coordinates, is first applied. Then the periodic assumption is used, thus imposing a Bloch wave ansatz on the normal coordinates. This method will be referred to as CNF-PN (for CNF with a periodic assumption on normal coordinates). In the conservative case, the CNF-PN strategy exhibits superior capability in capturing complex wave propagation phenomena, whereas the CNF-BP strategy encounters limitations in handling non-fundamental harmonics and the nonlinear interactions between host oscillators. For underdamped systems, the CNF-PN is rigorously validated and systematically compared against numerical techniques, a classical analytical perturbation technique (the method of multiple scales), and direct numerical time integration of annular chain structures.