Edge solitons in a nonlinear mechanical topological insulator

Snee, David and Ma, Yi-Ping (2019) Edge solitons in a nonlinear mechanical topological insulator. Extreme Mechanics Letters, 30. p. 100487. ISSN 2352-4316

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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eml.2019.100487

Abstract

We report localized and unidirectional nonlinear traveling edge waves in a 2D mechanical (phononic) topological insulator consisting of a collection of pendula with weak Duffing nonlinearity connected by linear springs. This is achieved by showing theoretically that the classical 1D nonlinear Schrödinger equation governs the envelope of 2D edge modes. The theoretical predictions from the 1D envelope equation are confirmed by numerical simulations of the original 2D system for various types of traveling waves and rogue waves. As a result of topological protection, these edge solitons persist over long time intervals and through irregular boundaries. The existence of topologically protected edge solitons may have significant implications on the design of acoustic devices.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Phononics, Nonlinear structures, Topological protection, Acoustic wave phenomena
Subjects: H300 Mechanical Engineering
J500 Materials Technology not otherwise specified
Department: Faculties > Engineering and Environment > Mathematics, Physics and Electrical Engineering
Depositing User: Paul Burns
Date Deposited: 10 Jun 2019 08:57
Last Modified: 31 Jul 2021 11:18
URI: http://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/39582

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