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Advanced Materials in Acoustics and Vibration

A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Materials Physics".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 June 2026 | Viewed by 2388

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Prof. Dr. Qibai Huang

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School of Mechanical Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
Interests: vibration and noise control; mechanical dynamics; underwater acoustic stealth
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Dr. Chongrui Liu

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School of Mechanical Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China
Interests: vibration and noise control; acoustic metamaterials
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Dr. Zhifu Zhang

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School of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China
Interests: underwater acoustic stealth, vibration and noise control; piezoelectric composite materials; acoustic metamaterials
Dr. Yizhe Huang

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School of Mechanical Engineering, Hubei University of Technology, Wuhan 430068, China
Interests: shape memory alloy materials; vibration and noise control; composite structures

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Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to invite you to submit a manuscript for this Special Issue, titled “Advanced Materials in Acoustics and Vibration”.

Advanced acoustic materials are designed to enhance performance in sound absorption, sound insulation, acoustic radiation, and sound wave propagation, thereby meeting the volume and comfort requirements of target equipment. These materials find application across multiple sectors, including, but not limited to, underwater vehicles, automobiles, rail transportation, aircraft, and home appliances.

Advanced materials for vibration control are targeted at enhancing damping, stiffness, lightweight, and bandgap properties, significantly improving products' vibration isolation, vibration absorption, dynamic stability, and fatigue life. These advanced materials are widely applied in aerospace, precision manufacturing, high-end equipment, robotics, and other fields.

This Special Issue focuses on highlighting advances and fundamental research in the design, manufacturing, performance analysis, simulation, experimentation, and application of advanced materials in acoustics and vibration.

We invite authors to submit their manuscripts to this Special Issue. Original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) vibration and acoustic materials.

We look forward to receiving your contributions.

Prof. Dr. Qibai Huang
Dr. Chongrui Liu
Dr. Zhifu Zhang
Dr. Yizhe Huang
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Keywords

  • metamaterials
  • composite materials
  • smart materials
  • biomaterials
  • porous materials
  • viscoelastic material
  • functional gradient materials

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Systematic Design of Phononic Band Gap Crystals for Elastic Waves at the Specified Target Frequency via Topology Optimization
by Jingjie He, Zhiyuan Jia, Yuhao Bao and Xiaopeng Zhang
Materials 2026, 19(3), 581; https://doi.org/10.3390/ma19030581 - 2 Feb 2026
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Phononic band gap crystals are characterized by periodic scatterers embedded within a matrix, which enable precise modulation of acoustic or elastic waves. Conventional optimization prioritizes bandwidth maximization, yet practical engineering often requires band gaps at specified frequencies. This requirement creates a significant design [...] Read more.
Phononic band gap crystals are characterized by periodic scatterers embedded within a matrix, which enable precise modulation of acoustic or elastic waves. Conventional optimization prioritizes bandwidth maximization, yet practical engineering often requires band gaps at specified frequencies. This requirement creates a significant design challenge. To this end, we develop a topology optimization strategy capable of maximizing elastic wave band gaps around prescribed target frequencies. The approach utilizes Material-Field Series Expansion (MFSE) for unit cell representation and a gradient-free Kriging-based algorithm to tackle the complex optimization problems. This strategy is systematically applied to optimize the band gaps of out-of-plane, in-plane, and complete wave modes, and is further extended to more complex scenarios involving dual-target frequencies. A variety of numerical results demonstrate the method’s effectiveness in engineering phononic crystals for bespoke frequency specifications. Full article
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Theoretical Analysis, Neural Network-Based Inverse Design, and Experimental Verification of Multilayer Thin-Plate Acoustic Metamaterial Unit Cells
by An Wang, Chi Cai, Ying You, Yizhe Huang, Xin Zhan, Linfeng Gao and Zhifu Zhang
Materials 2026, 19(1), 152; https://doi.org/10.3390/ma19010152 - 1 Jan 2026
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Acoustic metamaterials are artificially engineered materials composed of subwavelength structural units, whose effective acoustic properties are primarily determined by structural design rather than intrinsic material composition. By introducing local resonances, these materials can exhibit unconventional acoustic behavior, enabling enhanced sound insulation beyond the [...] Read more.
Acoustic metamaterials are artificially engineered materials composed of subwavelength structural units, whose effective acoustic properties are primarily determined by structural design rather than intrinsic material composition. By introducing local resonances, these materials can exhibit unconventional acoustic behavior, enabling enhanced sound insulation beyond the limitations of conventional structures. In this study, a thin plate (thin sheet) refers to a structural element whose thickness is much smaller than its in-plane dimensions and can be accurately described using classical thin-plate vibration theory. When resonant mass blocks are attached to a thin plate, a thin-plate acoustic metamaterial is formed through the coupling between plate bending vibrations and local resonances. Thin-plate acoustic metamaterials exhibit excellent sound insulation performance in the low- and mid-frequency ranges. Multilayer configurations and the combination with porous materials can effectively broaden the insulation bandwidth and improve overall performance. However, the large number of structural parameters in multilayer composite thin-plate acoustic metamaterials significantly increases design complexity, making conventional trial-and-error approaches inefficient. To address this challenge, a neural-network-based inverse design framework is proposed for multilayer composite thin-plate acoustic metamaterials. An analytical model of thin-plate metamaterials with multiple attached cylindrical masses is established using the point matching and modal superposition methods and validated by finite element simulations. A multilayer composite unit cell is then constructed, and a dataset of 30,000 samples is generated through numerical simulations. Based on this dataset, a forward prediction network achieves a test error of 1.06%, while the inverse design network converges to an error of 2.27%. The inverse-designed structure is finally validated through impedance tube experiments. The objective of this study is to establish a systematic theoretical and neural-network-assisted inverse design framework for multilayer thin-plate acoustic metamaterials. The main novelties include the development of an accurate analytical model for thin-plate metamaterials with multiple attached masses, the construction of a large-scale simulation dataset, and the proposal of a neural-network-assisted inverse design strategy to address non-uniqueness in inverse design. The proposed approach provides an efficient and practical solution for low-frequency sound insulation design. Full article
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Study on the Complex Band Structure and Auxetic Behavior of Fractal Re-Entrant Honeycomb Metamaterials
by Jingru Li, Siyu Chen, Wei Lin and Yuzhang Lin
Materials 2025, 18(24), 5695; https://doi.org/10.3390/ma18245695 - 18 Dec 2025
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In order to break the limitation of metamaterials used in the vibration and sound reduction field, this work designed a two-dimensional metamaterial based on the re-entrant honeycomb lattice and using the fractal technique. The first, second, and third-order fractal re-entrant honeycomb metamaterials are [...] Read more.
In order to break the limitation of metamaterials used in the vibration and sound reduction field, this work designed a two-dimensional metamaterial based on the re-entrant honeycomb lattice and using the fractal technique. The first, second, and third-order fractal re-entrant honeycomb metamaterials are analyzed, respectively, within the established numerical models responsible for predicting the effective Poisson’s ratio, the real band structure, and the attenuation diagram. The effects of the fractal order, fractal ratio, and geometrical characteristics on these multiple functionalities are investigated simultaneously. Through adjusting the proposed fractal metamaterials, the results show that the transformation of auxetic performance, the number and location of multiple stop bands, the attenuation level inside the stop bands, and the wave decaying directionality can be flexibly tuned. This demonstrates that the compatibility of mechanical features and wave motion characteristics is successfully achieved in the present work. It provides a theoretical and technical basis for the development of multi-functional design methods of metamaterials in solving engineering problems. Full article
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