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Y. Wu, Y. Lai and Z.-Q. Zhang, “Effective Medium Theory for Elastic Metamaterials in Two Dimensions,” Physical Review B, Vol. 76, No. 20, 2007, Article ID: 205313. doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.76.205313

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• TITLE: Chiral Seismic Attenuation with Acoustic Metamaterials

  AUTHORS: Hector Torres-Silva, Diego Torres Cabezas

  KEYWORDS: Chiral Metamaterial; Seismic Wave; Acoustic Properties

  JOURNAL NAME: Journal of Electromagnetic Analysis and Applications, Vol.5 No.1, January 29, 2013

  ABSTRACT: We study the analogy between the linear elasticity theory equations and classical Maxwell equation with chiral effects and we propose a new method of an earthquake-resistant design to support conventional aseismic designs using acoustic metamaterials. We suggest a simple and practical method to reduce the amplitude of a seismic wave exponentially. Our device is like an attenuator of a chiral seismic wave. Constructing a cylindrical shell-type waveguide that creates a stop-band for the chiral seismic wave, we can convert the wave into an evanescent wave for some frequency range without touching the building we want to protect.