| Citation: | DENG Shiqi, WU Yudong, HU Hao, QI Zhicheng, DING Weiping. Research and Application of Electrical Twin with Acoustic Metastructures for Vehicle NVH[J].Journal of Southwest Jiaotong University.doi:10.3969/j.issn.0258-2724.20240473 |
Due to their exceptional wave manipulation characteristics, acoustic metastructures have attracted substantial attention in vehicle noise, vibration, and harshness (NVH). However, the further development and application of passive acoustic metastructures are limited by the narrow and non-tunable low-frequency bandgaps and bandwidth. To address this challenge, an electrically controlled acoustic metastructure was proposed to enable flexible bandgap tuning, and the corresponding electrical twin theory was established. According to the classical electromechanical analogy, a two-dimensional electrical twin circuit for a Kirchhoff-Love thin plate was established by the finite difference method. Then, an inductance-capacitance-resistance (LCR) resonant circuit was connected in series to form the twin circuit of a metastructure unit, with a tunable capacitor introduced to achieve electrical bandgap tuning. Finally, a spiral-shaped electrically controlled metastructure was derived from the twin circuit and verified through simulations and experiments. The results confirm that the twin circuit constitutes an exact electrical-domain mapping of the metastructure. The equivalent stiffness of the metastructure can be adjusted by the electrical control, thereby facilitating bandgap tuning. The resulting tuning law can be efficiently predicted and analyzed by the twin circuit. The designed spiral-shaped electrically controlled metastructure exhibits a significant order-tracking noise reduction effect for electric seats, with an average sound pressure level reduction of approximately 7.4 dB(A) in the wide frequency range of 200–460 Hz. The proposed twin circuit contributes to the electromechanical integrated design of electrically controlled metastructures, and it provides a theoretical paradigm for the study of different types of electrically controlled metastructures.

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