Analysis of vibration band gaps in an Euler–Bernoulli beam with periodic arrays of meander

In this study, an Euler–Bernoulli beam carrying periodic arrays of meander-shaped beams is introduced. Each meander-shaped beam consists of several connected beam elements. Two models with different number of beam elements are considered. In each model, the effects of geometrical parameters on the lower and upper edges of the first three band gaps are investigated using the Adomian decomposition method. Results show that the wide band gaps at low frequency ranges can be obtained by changing the geometrical parameters. Furthermore, the band gaps are very close to each other for specific values of the geometrical parameters. Another advantage of this periodic beam is that its length is shorter than other types of periodic beams. These features make this periodic beam very useful in different applications of the band gap phenomenon such as vibration absorption. The finite element simulation (ANSYS software) is used to validate the analytical results and good agreement is found