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Contents lists available at ScienceDirect International Journal of Mechanical Sciences journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/ijmecsci An improved fast plane wave expansion method for topology optimization of phononic crystals Longxiang Xie a , Baizhan Xia a, , Jian Liu a , Guoliang Huang b , Jirong Lei a a State Key Laboratory of Advanced Design and Manufacturing for Vehicle Body, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan 410082, China b Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, USA ARTICLE INFO Keywords: Phononic crystal Improved fast plane wave expansion method Adaptive genetic algorithm Topological optimization Band gap ABSTRACT Phononic crystals (PnCs) are articially made materials composed of periodically arranged structures capable of manipulating acoustic/elastic wave propagation characteristics. In this paper, an improved fast plane wave expansion method (IFPWEM) is developed to obtain the band structures of PnCs. In the method presented, the continuity of the algorithm has been improved by eliminating the jump discontinuity points as well as decreasing the number of wave vectors used. Implementing these changes results in increased computational eciency when compared to the traditional fast plane wave expansion method (FPWEM). In order to increase the band gap width produced by the PnCs, an adaptive genetic algorithm is adopted to optimize the PnCs structural topology for in-plane wave mode (xy mode). The numerical results yielded from optimization of two-dimension (2D) PnCs with a symmetric square lattice microstructure veries that the eciency of the IFPWEM is signicantly greater than the conventional FPWEM and nite element methods. 1. Introduction Phononic crystals (PnCs) are composed of periodically arranged structures that allow for the creation of band gap regions, in which the propagation of acoustic or elastic waves is completely prohibited [111]. Sigalas and Economou [12] rstly presented the band structures of elastic waves propagating in a two-dimension (2D) periodic uid-solid system in 1993. Since then, there has been a great deal of work devoted to the characterization of PnC band structures. Betsabe et al. [13] presented an experimental demonstration of an omnidirectional band gap formation in a nite multilayer composite composed of two elastic layers. Then in 2006, Lin et al. [15] experimentally obtained the reection transfer function of a phononic band gap by using a single- quantum-well in a phononic cavity. Tan [14] presented a generalized eigenproblem with a hybrid matrix method for stable analysis of Floquet wave propagation in one-dimensional (1D) PnCs in 2010. Meanwhile, Liu and Fang [16] proposed the lumped-mass method for the band structure analysis of elastic wave propagation in a 1D PnC rod. Afterwards, Yudistira et al. [17] introduced the nite element method (FEM) to demonstrate the existence of non-radiative surface acoustic wave band gaps in 2D piezoelectric phononic crystals with holes. Meanwhile, Gao et al. [18] also investigated the band gap properties of a 2D local-resonant phononic crystal by the FEM with a homogenous matrix. Cao et al. [35] investigated the singularity of the Bloch theorem in a uid/solid phononic crystal, in which a plane wave expansion method (PWEM) was use to calculate the band structure and transmis- sion spectrum of the air/rigid system. Later, Cao et al. [36] also proposed a revised formulation of eigenproblem for phononic crystals, which signicantly improves the convergence in band structure calcu- lations. Based on Cao's researches, Quan et al. [20] developed a plane wave expansion method using a parallel shift scheme to evaluate the band gap formation in a 2D PnC with L-shape scatters. Afterwards, the fast plane wave expansion method (FPWEM), which was proposed by Liu et al. in 2014, had been employed to investigate the band gap structures of PnCs with arbitrary or pixel scattering elements [21]. Besides the traditional pure PnCs above, the band structures of PnCs with multi-elds coupling materials, such as piezoelectric and piezo- magnetic PnCs, had been investigated in [19,3741]. In PnCs, the band structure characteristics are highly dependent on the topology of the constituent unit cells that make up the materials microstructure. The design and optimization of the PnC unit cell geometry has attracted a great deal of interest recently with the objective of creating structures capable of producing extremely wide band gap regions. Sigmund and Jensen [22] used a topology optimiza- tion method to design PnCs capable of exhibiting pure band gaps over specic frequency regions. Bilal and Hussein [23,24] presented a vacuum-soli-porous PnC, in which the band gap with a normalized width exceeded 60%. A 2D PnC with an arbitrarily asymmetric lattice http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmecsci.2016.11.023 Received 9 September 2016; Received in revised form 8 November 2016; Accepted 26 November 2016 Corresponding author. E-mail address: [email protected] (B. Xia). International Journal of Mechanical Sciences 120 (2017) 171–181 Available online 27 November 2016 0020-7403/ © 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. MARK

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International Journal of Mechanical Sciences

journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/ijmecsci

An improved fast plane wave expansion method for topology optimizationof phononic crystals

Longxiang Xiea, Baizhan Xiaa,⁎, Jian Liua, Guoliang Huangb, Jirong Leia

a State Key Laboratory of Advanced Design and Manufacturing for Vehicle Body, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan 410082, Chinab Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, USA

A R T I C L E I N F O

Keywords:Phononic crystalImproved fast plane wave expansion methodAdaptive genetic algorithmTopological optimizationBand gap

A B S T R A C T

Phononic crystals (PnCs) are artificially made materials composed of periodically arranged structures capable ofmanipulating acoustic/elastic wave propagation characteristics. In this paper, an improved fast plane waveexpansion method (IFPWEM) is developed to obtain the band structures of PnCs. In the method presented, thecontinuity of the algorithm has been improved by eliminating the jump discontinuity points as well as decreasingthe number of wave vectors used. Implementing these changes results in increased computational efficiencywhen compared to the traditional fast plane wave expansion method (FPWEM). In order to increase the band gapwidth produced by the PnCs, an adaptive genetic algorithm is adopted to optimize the PnCs structural topologyfor in-plane wave mode (xymode). The numerical results yielded from optimization of two-dimension (2D) PnCswith a symmetric square lattice microstructure verifies that the efficiency of the IFPWEM is significantly greaterthan the conventional FPWEM and finite element methods.

1. Introduction

Phononic crystals (PnCs) are composed of periodically arrangedstructures that allow for the creation of band gap regions, in which thepropagation of acoustic or elastic waves is completely prohibited [1–11]. Sigalas and Economou [12] firstly presented the band structures ofelastic waves propagating in a two-dimension (2D) periodic fluid-solidsystem in 1993. Since then, there has been a great deal of work devotedto the characterization of PnC band structures. Betsabe et al. [13]presented an experimental demonstration of an omnidirectional bandgap formation in a finite multilayer composite composed of two elasticlayers. Then in 2006, Lin et al. [15] experimentally obtained thereflection transfer function of a phononic band gap by using a single-quantum-well in a phononic cavity. Tan [14] presented a generalizedeigenproblem with a hybrid matrix method for stable analysis ofFloquet wave propagation in one-dimensional (1D) PnCs in 2010.Meanwhile, Liu and Fang [16] proposed the lumped-mass method forthe band structure analysis of elastic wave propagation in a 1D PnC rod.Afterwards, Yudistira et al. [17] introduced the finite element method(FEM) to demonstrate the existence of non-radiative surface acousticwave band gaps in 2D piezoelectric phononic crystals with holes.Meanwhile, Gao et al. [18] also investigated the band gap properties ofa 2D local-resonant phononic crystal by the FEM with a homogenousmatrix. Cao et al. [35] investigated the singularity of the Bloch theorem

in a fluid/solid phononic crystal, in which a plane wave expansionmethod (PWEM) was use to calculate the band structure and transmis-sion spectrum of the air/rigid system. Later, Cao et al. [36] alsoproposed a revised formulation of eigenproblem for phononic crystals,which significantly improves the convergence in band structure calcu-lations. Based on Cao's researches, Quan et al. [20] developed a planewave expansion method using a parallel shift scheme to evaluate theband gap formation in a 2D PnC with L-shape scatters. Afterwards, thefast plane wave expansion method (FPWEM), which was proposed byLiu et al. in 2014, had been employed to investigate the band gapstructures of PnCs with arbitrary or pixel scattering elements [21].Besides the traditional pure PnCs above, the band structures of PnCswith multi-fields coupling materials, such as piezoelectric and piezo-magnetic PnCs, had been investigated in [19,37–41].

In PnCs, the band structure characteristics are highly dependent onthe topology of the constituent unit cells that make up the materialsmicrostructure. The design and optimization of the PnC unit cellgeometry has attracted a great deal of interest recently with theobjective of creating structures capable of producing extremely wideband gap regions. Sigmund and Jensen [22] used a topology optimiza-tion method to design PnCs capable of exhibiting pure band gaps overspecific frequency regions. Bilal and Hussein [23,24] presented avacuum-soli-porous PnC, in which the band gap with a normalizedwidth exceeded 60%. A 2D PnC with an arbitrarily asymmetric lattice

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmecsci.2016.11.023Received 9 September 2016; Received in revised form 8 November 2016; Accepted 26 November 2016

⁎ Corresponding author.E-mail address: [email protected] (B. Xia).

International Journal of Mechanical Sciences 120 (2017) 171–181

Available online 27 November 20160020-7403/ © 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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was also obtained by combining the genetic algorithm (GA) with theFEM [25]. Zhong et al. [26] maximized the band gap width in a PnC byusing a GA combined with the fast plane wave expansion method (GA-FPWEM). Meanwhile, Liu et al. [21] applied a GA-FPWEM to thetopology optimization of PnCs with square lattices. A bi-directionalevolutionary inspired optimization method with a penalization para-meter was also developed to achieve convergent optimal solutions forstructures comprised of one or multiple materials [27]. Dong et al.[28,29] used the non-dominated sorting-based GA for optimal PnCdesign which yielded both large band gap width and as well as areduction in overall mass. Li et al. [30] recently developed a bi-directional evolution based structure optimization algorithm combinedwith the homogenization method to yield a maximum band gap widthbetween the two adjacent bands in a square unit cell.

Although past researches have been conducted with the objective ofoptimizing PnC topology utilizing various iterative methods, thereremains a lot of works need for further investigation and improvement.For instance, although the topology optimization of PnCs based on theFEM has high accuracy, its efficiency is extremely low which causes theoptimization procedure is very time-consuming. The FPWEM is pro-posed to improve the calculation efficiency while guaranteeing thenecessary computational accuracy. But the FPWEM also has drawbacks,which need to be eradicated. If the individual components of the unitcell are highly contrasting, the continuity of the interfacial materialboundaries is poor. It means that the concurrent jump discontinuities(or the jump discontinuity points) exist at the boundaries of differentmaterials. In order to ensure the calculation accuracy, the number ofwave vectors considered for each band gap needs to be substantial insize. The need for an increase in the number of wave vectors usedduring computation means that the efficiency of the FPWEM issignificantly reduced. In this paper, the IFPWEM is introduced forcalculating band structures of PnCs. Based on the Lauren inversetheorem, By eliminating the jump discontinuity points on the bound-aries of different materials, the continuity of algorithm has beenimproved, and the number of wave vectors used for the band structureanalysis is decreased. Thus, compared with the FPWEM, the IFPWEMmodel can achieve a much higher computational efficiency without lossof precision. Moreover, the GA optimization process alone is notcapable of generating an optimal unit cell topology using conventionalsettings. Thus, the iteration times of conventional GAs can be consider-able. Similarly, the adaptive genetic algorithm (AGA), which cangenerate the optimal unit cell topology in the early stages of theoptimization process, is also introduce to reduce the overall iterationtimes required and improves the convergence of GA. In short, anadaptive genetic algorithm is implemented alongside the improved fastplane wave expansion method (AGA-IFPWEM) in pursuit of the optimalPnC design for the in-plane elastic wave attenuation.

The rest of the paper is organized as follows. In Section 2, theIFPWEM is proposed for the band structure analysis of PnCs. The AGA-IFPWEM model for topology optimization of PnCs is detailed in Section3. In Section 4, three numerical examples are employed to investigatethe efficiency and effectiveness of the proposed 2D AGA-IFPWEMmodel. Conclusions are then presented in Section 5.

2. Improved fast plane wave expansion method

2.1. Elastic wave equation

Based on the elastic dynamics theory, the wave propagation in athree-dimensional inhomogeneous elastic medium is governed by

ρut x

λ μ ux

u u∂∂

= ∂∂

( ∇⋅ ) + ∇⋅( (∇ + ∂∂

)),xx

2

2 (1)

ρu

t yλ μ u

yu u∂

∂= ∂

∂( ∇⋅ ) + ∇⋅( (∇ + ∂

∂)),y

y

2

2 (2)

ρut z

λ μ uz

u u∂∂

= ∂∂

( ∇⋅ ) + ∇⋅( (∇ + ∂∂

)), ,zz

2

2 (3)

where ρ is the material density, and the Lamé coefficients aredenoted by λ and μ. The displacement vector is written asu={uxuyuz}T, and its divergence is defined as u∇⋅ = + +u

x

u

yuz

∂∂

∂∂

∂∂

x y z .Assuming the propagating elastic waves are constrained within xy-

plane, such that, zu∂ /∂ = 0. The resulting elastic wave equations canthen be expressed as

ρut x

μ λux

λuy y

μuy

ux

∂∂

= ∂∂

(2 + )∂∂

+∂∂

+ ∂∂

(∂∂

+∂∂

) ,x x y x y2

2

⎛⎝⎜

⎞⎠⎟

⎛⎝⎜

⎞⎠⎟ (4)

ρu

t yμ λ

uy

λux x

μux

uy

∂= ∂

∂(2 + )

∂∂

+∂∂

) + ∂∂

(∂∂

+∂∂

) ,y y x y x2

2

⎛⎝⎜

⎞⎠⎟

⎛⎝⎜

⎞⎠⎟ (5)

ρut x

μux y

μuy

∂∂

= ∂∂

(∂∂

) + ∂∂

(∂∂

).z z z2

2 (6)

Combining Eq.’s (4) and (5) results in the coupled in-plane equation(governing xy mode), and Eq. (6) can be used to describe the out-of-plane equation (governing z mode).

2.2. Fast plane wave expansion method

Periodic variations of material properties, such as elastic constantsand mass densities, are intrinsic properties associated with PnCs. In aPnC, the material parameters (ρ, λ and μ) are periodic functions of thespatial coordinate r. Based on the spatial coordinate r, the characteristicof any pixel (point location) in the unit cell can be calculated by itslocation in reference to the center pixel (illustrated in Fig. 1). TheFourier series expansion of material constants at arbitrary spatiallocations is then obtained to quantify these spatially varying materialproperties. In Eq. (7) below, g denotes the material parameter as afunction of spatial location. The Fourier series expansion of materialconstant g can be written as

∑g g er G( ) = ( ) ,i

G

G r⋅

(7)

where g(G) is a Fourier coefficient and can be expressed as

∬gS

g e dG r r( ) = 1 ( ) ,s

iG r− ⋅ 2(8)

where S and G are the unit cell area and the reciprocal vector,respectively.

Fig. 1. The structure of phononic crystal in which the material parameter of the pixel Prcan be calculated by the center pixel P0 and the spatial coordinate, r. Note that in Fig. 1,the black and white represent lead and epoxy resin, respectively.

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Assuming that PL is a set of pixel elements filled with lead (Pb) inthe unit cell, the Fourier transformation of the material constant g0 atthe center pixel (P P∈ L0 ) is defined as

gg f g g

g g PG

GG G( ) =

+ ( − ) = 0( − ) ( ) ≠ 0

.B A B

A B0 ⎪ ⎪

⎪ ⎪⎧⎨⎩⎫⎬⎭ (9)

In Eq. (9), gA and gB are the material constants of lead and epoxyresin, respectively and f =(1/N2) is the ratio of a pixel in the unit cell.P(G) is the structure function which is defined as

P f ca

Nc

aN

GG G

( ) = sin (2

)sin (2

),x y

(10)

where a is the lattice constant of unit cell and (Gx,Gy) are componentsof reciprocal vector G. Finally, N is used to denote the specific pixelnumber/location in the spatial domain.

According to the spatial reference, the Fourier transformation of anypixel (P P∈r L) filled with lead can be calculated as

g g eG G( ) = ( ) .riG r

0⋅

(11)

The Fourier transformation of the spatially variant material con-stants is expressed as

∑ ∑ ∑g g g δ g e δG G G r G r( ) = ( )= ( ) ( ) = ( ) ( ),P

rr

rr

i r

P

G

∈0

r L (12)

where δ r( ) is the material distribution of the unit cell which can bedefined as

δ δ r δ r δ r δ r Pother

r P( ) = [ ( ), ( ), ⋅⋅⋅ , ( ), ⋅⋅⋅ , ( )] = 1 ∈0

,k Lr

1 20

⎧⎨⎩⎫⎬⎭(13)

where rk denotes the center location of the kth pixel, and L is the totalnumber of pixels in the unit cell.

Assuming that e e e e eG( ) = [ , , ⋅⋅⋅ , , ⋅⋅⋅ , ]i r i r i r i rG G G G⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅k L1 2 , Eq.(12) can be rewritten in its equivalent form as

g g e δG G G r( ) = ( ) ( ) ⋅ ( ).0 (14)

Based on the Bloch theorem, the displacement field, u, can bedefined as

t eu r u r( , ) = ( ),i ωtk

k r( ⋅ − ) (15)

where k is the Bloch wave vector which is restricted to the firstirreducible Brillouin zone. The Fourier series expansion of uk(r) can beexpressed as

∑ eu r u G( ) = ′ ( ′),ik

G

G rk

(16)

and inserting Eq. (16) into Eq. (15), the displacement u is readilyobtained as

∑t e eu r u G( , ) = ′ ( ′),iωt i

G

G k rk

( + )⋅

(17)

Substituting Eqs. (14) and (17) into Eqs. (4), (5) and (6), theeigenproblem system of equations for the PnCs are expressed as

∑ ∑

ω ρ u λ k k

μ k k

k k u

λ k k

μ k k u

G G G G G G

G G G G

G G

G G G G

G G G G

( ′′ − ′) = [ ( ′′ − ′)( + ′) ( + ′′)

+ ( ′′ − ′)(( + ′) ( + ′′)

+ 2( + ′) ( + ′′) )]

+ [ ( ′′ − ′)( + ′) ( + ′′)

+ ( ′′ − ′)( + ′) ( + ′′) ]

xx x

y y

x xx

y x

x yy

Gk G

G

k G

G

k G

2

′+

+

+ (18)

∑ ∑

ω ρ u λ k k

μ k k

k k u

λ k k

μ k k u

G G G G G G

G G G G

G G

G G G G

G G G G

( ′′ − ′) = [ ( ′′ − ′)( + ′) ( + ′′)

+ ( ′′ − ′)(( + ′) ( + ′′)

+ 2( + ′) ( + ′′) )]

+ [ ( ′′ − ′)( + ′) ( + ′′)

+ ( ′′ − ′)( + ′) ( + ′′) ]

yy y

x x

y yy

x y

y xx

Gk G

G

k G

G

k G

2

′+

+

+ (19)

ω ρ u G μ k k u G

μ k k u G

G G G G G G

G G G G

∑ ( ′′ − ′) ( ′) = ∑ ( ′′ − ′) ( + ′) ( + ′′) ( ′)

+∑ ( ′′ − ′) ( + ′) ( + ′′) ( ′)

zx x

z

y yz

G k G k

G k

2′ ′

(20)

Based on the spatial coordinate r, the material constant of any pixelin the unit cell is obtainable based on its location in reference to thecenter pixel. Thus, the structural properties of the unit cells at arbitrarydistributions can be readily obtained. The PWEM is a conventionalmethod for band structure calculations of PnCs with regular shapedscatterers, such as circular, rectangle and etc. Compared to the PWEM,the FPWEM can analyze band structures of PnCs with arbitrarily shapedscattering elements. However, if the components of the unit cellcontrast greatly, the continuity of the interfacial material boundariesis hindered and the efficiency of the FPWEM is reduced. To overcomethis problem, an improved fast plane wave expansion method(IFPWEM) will be proposed to improve the computational efficiency.

2.3. Improved fast plane wave expansion method

From Eq.’s (4), (5) and (6), g (which expresses the materialparameters ρ, λ and μ) and u j∂ /∂i are piecewise continuous, interstitiallysmooth and bounded periodic functions, in which the concurrent jumpdiscontinuities (or the jump discontinuity points) exist at the bound-aries of different materials. However, the function, h g u j= ⋅∂ /∂k i , iscontinuous along the material boundaries. According to the Laureninverse theorem, by eliminating the contact discontinuity points whensolving for hk , a continuous function can be obtained across theseboundaries. The Fourier coefficient of hkcan be defined as

∑h f g= [ ] ,nm

m

n m m=−∞

=+∞

−−1

(21)

where gm is the Fourier coefficient of g.The Fourier series expansion of the function h(x) can be expressed as

∑ ∑ ∑h x h e f g e( ) = = [ ] ,n

n

ninx

n

n

m

m

n m minx

=−∞

=+∞

=−∞

=+∞

=−∞

=+∞

−−1

(22)

or, when combined with the limit theory, the function h(x) can also bewritten as

∑ ∑h x f g e( ) = lim ( lim [ ] ) .N n N

n N

M m M

m M

n m minx

→∞ =−

=

→∞ =−

=

−−1

(23)

For practical applications and without loss of generality, Eq.’s (22)and (23) are rewritten as

∑h f g= [ ] ,nM

m M

m M

n m m( )

=−

=

−−1

(24)

∑h x h e( ) = .M

n M

n M

nM inx( )

=−

=( )

(25)

The material parameters and displacements are periodic functionsof space such that, r=(x,y,t). Substituting Eq.’s (7) and (15) into Eq.’s(4), (5) and (6), the eigenproblem system of equations are expressed as

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∑ ∑

∑ ∑

ρ ee

t xμ e

λ ee

xλ e

ey

yμ e

ey

ex

Gu r

G

Gu r

Gu r

Gu r u r

( )∂ ( ( ))

∂= ∂

∂((2 ( )

+ ( ) )∂( ( ))

∂+ ( )

∂( ( ))∂

)

+ ∂∂

( ( ) (∂( ( ))

∂+

∂( ( ))∂

)).

ii ωt

kx

i

ii ωt

kx

ii ωt

ky

ii ωt

kx i ωt

ky

G

G rk r

G

G r

G

G rk r

G

G rk r

G

G rk r k r

⋅2 ( ⋅ − )

2⋅

⋅( ⋅ − )

⋅( ⋅ − )

⋅( ⋅ − ) ( ⋅ − )

(26)

∑ ∑

∑ ∑

ρ ee

t yμ e

λ ee

yλ e

ex

xμ e

ex

ey

Gu r

G

Gu r

Gu r

Gu r u r

( )∂ ( ( ))

∂= ∂

∂((2 ( )

+ ( ) )∂( ( ))

∂+ ( )

∂( ( ))∂

)

+ ∂∂

( ( ) (∂( ( ))

∂+

∂( ( ))∂

)),

ii ωt

ky

i

ii ωt

ky

ii ωt

kx

ii ωt

ky i ωt

kx

G

G rk r

G

G r

G

G rk r

G

G rk r

G

G rk r k r

⋅2 ( ⋅ − )

2⋅

⋅( ⋅ − )

⋅( ⋅ − )

⋅( ⋅ − ) ( ⋅ − )

(27)

∑ ∑

ρ ee

t xμ e

ex

yμ e

ey

Gu r

Gu r

Gu r

( )∂ ( ( ))

∂= ∂

∂( ( )

∂( ( ))∂

)

+ ∂∂

( ( )∂( ( ))

∂)

ii ωt

kz

ii ωt

kz

ii ωt

kz

G

G rk r

G

G rk r

G

G rk r

⋅2 ( ⋅ − )

2⋅

( ⋅ − )

⋅( ⋅ − )

(28)

From Eq.’s (26), (27) and (28), it is apparent that uk(r) is also aperiodic function in the spatial coordinate, r. Substituting Eq. (16) intoEq.’s (26), (27) and (28), the eigenproblem equations are rewritten as

∑ ∑ ∑

∑ ∑

∑ ∑

∑ ∑

ω ρ e e e μ e

λ e e e

λ e e e

μ e e e

e e

G u G G

G u G

G u G

G u G

u G

− ( ) ( ) = 2 ( )

+ ( ) ( )

+ ( ) ( ( ))

+ ( ) (( ( ))

+ ( )) ))

i iωt i x i

i iωt i x

x

i iωt i yy

x

i iωt i xy

iωt i yx y

G

G r

G

G k rk

G

G r

G

G r

G

G k rk

G

G r

G

G k rk

G

G r

G

G k rk

G

G k rk

2 ⋅ − ( + )⋅0

⋅ − ( + )⋅0

⋅ − ( + )⋅0

⋅ − ( + )⋅0

− ( + )⋅0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

⎛⎝⎜⎜⎛⎝⎜⎜

⎞⎠⎟⎟⎛

⎝⎜⎜

⎞⎠⎟⎟

⎞⎠⎟⎟

⎛⎝⎜⎜⎛⎝⎜⎜

(29)

∑ ∑ ∑

∑ ∑

∑ ∑

∑ ∑

ω ρ e e e μ e

λ e e e

λ e e e

μ e e e

e e

G u G G

G u G

G u G

G u G

u G

− ( ) ( ) = ((2 ( )

+ ( ) )( ( ))

+ ( ) ( ( )) )

+ ( ) (( ( ))

+ ( ( ))

i iωt i y i

i iωt i yy

i iωt i xx y

i iωt i yx

iωt i xy

x

G

G r

G

G k rk

G

G r

G

G r

G

G k rk

G

G r

G

G k rk

G

G r

G

G k rk

G

G k rk

2 ⋅ − ( + )⋅0

⋅ − ( + )⋅0

⋅ − ( + )⋅0

⋅ − ( + )⋅0

− ( + )⋅0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

⎛⎝⎜⎜

⎞⎠⎟⎞⎠⎟ (30)

∑ ∑

∑ ∑

∑ ∑

ω ρ e e e

μ e e e

μ e e e

G u G

G u G

G u G

− ( ) ( )

= ( ) ( ( )) )

+ ( ) ( ( )) .

i iωt i z

i iωt i zx x

i iωt i zy

y

G

G r

G

G k rk

G

G r

G

G k rk

G

G r

G

G k rk

2 ⋅ − ( + )⋅0

⋅ − ( + )⋅0

⋅ − ( + )⋅0

0

0

0

0

0

0

⎛⎝⎜⎜

⎛⎝⎜⎜

⎞⎠⎟ (31)

The jump discontinuity points are still present in the eigenproblemequations above. However, based on the Lauren inverse theorem,substituting Eq.’s (14) and (24) into Eq.’s (29), (30) and (31), the

eigenproblem system can be expressed as

∑ ∑

∑ ∑

∑ ∑

∑ ∑

∑ ∑

′ ′′

′ ′ ′′

′ ′′

′ ′′

′ ′′

ω ρ e δ e e

μ λ e δ e e

λ e δ e e

μ e δ e e

μ e δ e e

r u G

r u G

r u G

r u G

r u G

− ([ ] [ ] ⋅ ( )) ( )

= ((2[ ] +[ ] )[ ] ⋅ ( )) ( )

+ ([ ] [ ] ⋅ ( )) ( ) ) )

+ ([ ] [ ] ⋅ ( )) ( ) )

+ ([ ] [ ] ⋅ ( )) ( ) ) )

x i i

x i i

x

y i iy x

x i iy

y i ix y

G GG G G G k

G r G k r

G GG G G G G G k

G r G k r

G GG G G G k

G r G k r

G GG G G G k

G r G k r

G GG G G G k

G r G k r

2

′ 00 − 0 − 0

−10

⋅ ( 0+ )⋅

′ 00 − 0 0 − 0 − 0

−10

⋅ ( 0+ )⋅

′ 00 − 0 − 0

−10

⋅ ( 0+ )⋅

′ 00 − 0 − 0

−10

⋅ ( 0+ )⋅

′ 00 − 0 − 0

−10

⋅ ( 0+ )⋅

⎝⎜⎜⎜⎛

⎝⎜⎜⎜

⎠⎟⎟

⎝⎜⎜⎛

⎝⎜⎜⎛

⎝⎜⎜

(32)

∑ ∑

∑ ∑

∑ ∑

∑ ∑

∑ ∑

′ ′′

′ ′ ′′

′ ′′

′ ′′

′ ′′

ω ρ e δ e e

μ λ e δ e e

λ e δ e e

μ e δ e e

μ e δ e e

r u G

r u G

r u G

r u G

r u G

− ([ ] [ ] ⋅ ( )) ( )

= ((2[ ] +[ ] )[ ] ⋅ ( )) ( ) )

+ ([ ] [ ] ⋅ ( )) ( ) ) )

+ ([ ] [ ] ⋅ ( )) ( ) )

+ ([ ] [ ] ⋅ ( )) ( ) ) )

y i i

y i iy

x i ix y

y i ix

x i iy x

G GG G G G k

G r G k r

G GG G G G G G k

G r G k r

G GG G G G k

G r G k r

G GG G G G k

G r G k r

G GG G G G k

G r G k r

2

′ 00 − 0 − 0

−10

⋅ ( 0+ )⋅

′ 00 − 0 0 − 0 − 0

−10

⋅ ( 0+ )⋅

′ 00 − 0 − 0

−10

⋅ ( 0+ )⋅

′ 00 − 0 − 0

−10

⋅ ( 0+ )⋅

′ 00 − 0 − 0

−10

⋅ ( 0+ )⋅

⎝⎜⎜⎛

⎝⎜⎜

⎝⎜⎜⎛

⎝⎜⎜⎛

⎝⎜⎜

(33)

∑ ∑

∑ ∑

∑ ∑

′ ′′

′ ′′

′ ′′

ω ρ e δ e e

μ e δ e e

μ e δ e e

r u G

r u G

r u G

− ([ ] [ ] ⋅ ( )) ( )

= ([ ] [ ] ⋅ ( )) ( ) ) )

+ ([ ] [ ] ⋅ ( )) ( ) ) )

z i i

z i ix x

z i iy y

G GG G G G k

G r G k r

G GG G G G k

G r G k r

G GG G G G k

G r G k r

2

′ 00 − 0 − 0

−10

⋅ ( 0+ )⋅

′ 00 − 0 − 0

−10

⋅ ( 0+ )⋅

′ 00 − 0 − 0

−10

⋅ ( 0+ )⋅

⎝⎜⎜⎛

⎝⎜⎜

⎝⎜⎜⎛

⎝⎜⎜

(34)

Finally, the formulation of the eigenproblem of PnCs is revised bythe IFPWEM which can be defined as

ωρ e δ

u

λ e δk k

μ e δk k

k k u

λ e δk k

μ e δk k u

G G G G r

G G G G rG G

G G G G rG G

G G

G G G G rG G

G G G G rG G

1( ′ − ) ( ′ − )

⋅ 1( )

= [ 1( ′ − ) ( ′ − )

⋅ 1( )

( + ) ( + ′)

+ 1( ′ − ) ( ′ − )

⋅ 1( )

(( + ) ( + ′)

+ 2( + ) ( + ′) )]

+ [ 1( ′ − ) ( ′ − )

⋅ 1( )

( + ) ( + ′)

+ 1( ′ − ) ( ′ − )

⋅ 1( )

( + ) ( + ′) ]

x

x x

y y

x xx

y x

x yy

Gk G

G

k G

G

k G

2

0 0 0 0

−1

+

0 0 0 0

−1

0

0 0 0

−1

0

0 +

0 0 0 0

−1

0

0 0 0

−1

0 +

⎡⎣⎢⎢

⎤⎦⎥⎥

⎡⎣⎢

⎤⎦⎥

⎡⎣⎢⎢

⎤⎦⎥⎥

⎡⎣⎢

⎤⎦⎥

⎡⎣⎢⎢

⎤⎦⎥⎥ (35)

ωρ e δ

u

λ e δk k

μ e δk k

k k u

λ e δk k

μ e δk k u

G G G G r

G G G G rG G

G G G G rG G

G G

G G G G rG G

G G G G rG G

1( ′ − ) ( ′ − )

⋅ 1( )

= [ 1( ′ − ) ( ′ − )

⋅ 1( )

( + ) ( + ′)

+ 1( ′ − ) ( ′ − )

⋅ 1( )

(( + ) ( + ′)

+ 2( + ) ( + ′) )]

+ [ 1( ′ − ) ( ′ − )

⋅ 1( )

( + ) ( + ′)

+ 1( ′ − ) ( ′ − )

⋅ 1( )

( + ) ( + ′) ]

y

y y

x x

y yy

x y

y xx

Gk G

G

k G

G

k G

2

0 0 0 0

−1

+

0 0 0 0

−1

0

0 0 0

−1

0

0 +

0 0 0 0

−1

0

0 0 0

−1

0 +

⎡⎣⎢⎢

⎤⎦⎥⎥

⎡⎣⎢

⎤⎦⎥

⎡⎣⎢⎢

⎤⎦⎥⎥

⎡⎣⎢

⎤⎦⎥

⎡⎣⎢⎢

⎤⎦⎥⎥ (36)

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ωρ e δ

u

μ e δk k u G

μ e δk k u G

G G G G rG

G G G G rG G

G G G G rG G

1( ′ − ) ( ′ − )

⋅ 1( )

( )

= 1( ′ − ) ( ′ − )

⋅ 1( )

( + ) ( + ′) ( )

+ 1( ′ − ) ( ′ − )

⋅ 1( )

( + ) ( + ′) ( )

z

x xz

y yz

Gk

Gk

Gk

2

0 0 0

−1

0

0 0 0

−1

0 0

0 0 0

−1

0 0

0

0

0

⎡⎣⎢⎢

⎤⎦⎥⎥

⎡⎣⎢⎢

⎤⎦⎥⎥

⎡⎣⎢⎢

⎤⎦⎥⎥

(37)

Based on the Lauren inverse theorem, by eliminating the jumpdiscontinuity points at the boundaries of different materials, thecontinuity of the boundaries is significantly improved and the formula-tion of the eigenproblem has been revised. Compared to the FPWEM,the IFPWEM with a lower number wave vectors can achieve the samecalculation accuracy, and thus, the calculation efficiency of theIFPWEM is much higher than that of the FPWEM.

2.4. Accuracy of the improved fast plane wave expansion method

The IFPWEM and the FPWEM are used to analyze the band structureof the 2D PnC with the FEM result considered as the reference value.The calculations are carried out in MATLAB R2009a on a 3.30 GHzXeon(R) CPU E3 1230 v3. The 2D unit cell and its correspondingBrillouin zone are shown in Fig. 2.

The material parameters of the 2D PnC above are listed in Table 1below. From Table 1, the elastic constants in the steel-epoxy resin 2DPnC are quite difference which means that it possesses large elasticmismatch [35,36].

The band structures of the PnC calculated with the IFPWEM, theFPWEM and the FEM, and the band gaps obtained by the proposedmethods are illustrated in Fig. 3. The resulting band gap frequencyranges and overall computation times are listed in Table 2.

From Fig. 3(a), only 81 wave vectors are employed for the bandstructure analysis by the IFPWEM, its band structure (the green dots) isapproximate to the result (the red dashed line) yielded with the FPWEMby 625 wave vectors. Moreover, both of the results calculated with theIFPWEM and the FPWEM are a fine alternative to that of the FEM (theblack solid line), it means that the accuracy of the IFPWEM is enoughfor calculating band structures of 2D PnCs, even in the large elasticmismatch [35,36].

From Table 2, the band gap range of the 2D PnC calculated by theIFPWEM, is [15.367 kHz, 24.983 kHz]. Compared with the resultyielded with the FPWEM ([15.283 kHz, 24.802 kHz]), the relative erroris less than 1%. Moreover, both of these results obtained by theIFPWEM and the FPWEM are very close to the result obtained throughthe FEM model. This means that the IFPWEM model can be regarded asa valid alternative to the FEM model for band gap analysis in 2D PnCs.The computing time of the IFPWEM model is 3.58 s which is muchshorter compared to that of the FPWEM (57.49 s) and the FEM (85.12 s)models. Thus, the calculation efficiency of the IFPWEM is much higherthan either the FPWEM or the FEM.

3. Phononic crystals topology optimization

A pure band gap region is a significant intrinsic characteristic ofPnCs. Within the band gap region, the propagation of the elastic waveswith frequencies that lie within the band gap frequency range arecompletely prohibited. This means that PnCs have promising applica-tions in noise filtering and elastic/acoustic wave attenuation. The fillingratio, lattice parameter and scattering element shape all significantlyaffect the band gap structure characteristics. Topology optimizationmethods, combined with an adaptive genetic algorithm (AGA), solvesthe problem of poor convergence in the conventional GA, and obtainsPnCs with broad band gaps ranges.

3.1. The optimization problem of band gap

The optimization objective employed is to maximize the band gapwidth, where the objective function can be expressed as

Maximize BG Σ ω Σ ω Σk k: ( ) = min: ( , ) − max: ( , ),n nk k

+1 (38)

where BG denotes the effective band gap width for the in-plane wavemode, ωn denotes the n-th eigenfrequency of the PnCs constitutiveequations, Σ denotes the topological distribution of the unit cell, and nis the serial number of bands.

In this paper, only 2D bi-component PnCs with a square latticeconfiguration are considered. The design of PnCs transforms into thedistribution of material in a unit cell. The unit cell is divided into10×10 pixels (see Fig. 4). A quarter of which is taken into considera-tion when the unit cell is symmetric about x axis and y axis. The values0 and 1 which respectively represent elements filled with epoxy resinand lead, are distributed randomly for each pixel.

The design variable xeis defined as

xx P

x P=

1 ∈0 ∈e

e L

e E

⎧⎨⎩⎫⎬⎭ (39)

where PL and PE are the pixels filled with lead and epoxy resin,respectively.

3.2. Adaptive genetic algorithm

In the GA, the crossover probability directly affects the convergenceof an optimization problem. The excessive crossover probability mayprematurely discard the individuals with high fitness values. Incontrast, the optimization process becomes very slow when the cross-over probability is too small [31,32]. In a AGA, the crossoverprobability is updated according to the fitness to overcome this inherentdrawback. When an individual's fitness is higher than the averagefitness, a small crossover probability is assigned to retain the individualin the population carried over to the next generation. On the contrary, if

Fig. 2. (a) The 2D unit cell and (b) its corresponding Brillouin zone. Note that in Fig. 2(a),the black and white represent steel and epoxy resin, respectively. Meanwhile, the latticeconstant a and the scatterer side b are respectively 50 mm and 26 mm. The shadowedregion is the first irreducible Brillouin zone, and the letters M, Γ and X represent the highsymmetric points in Fig. 2(b)..

Table 1Material parameters of the steel-epoxy resin 2D PnC.

Steel Epoxy resin

Density: ρ kg m= 7780 ( / )steel3 ρ kg m= 1180 ( / )epoxy

3

Elastic Modulus: E Pa= 21.06 × 10 ( )steel10 E Pa= 4.35 × 10 ( )epoxy

9

Shear Modulus: G N m= 8.10 × 10 ( / )steel10 2 G N m= 1.59 × 10 ( / )epoxy

9 2

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an individual's fitness is lower than the average fitness, a high crossoverprobability is assigned to eliminate the individual. The adaptive cross-over probability Pc can be defined as

Pf f

f f=

0.9 <,c

f ff f

0.3 ( − )−

max

max

⎧⎨⎪⎩⎪

⎫⎬⎪⎭⎪ (40)

where f, f and fmax are the individual fitness, the average fitness andthe maximum fitness of the population, respectively.

In the GA, the mutation probability can prevent the optimizationprocess from locking into the local optimum. When the mutationprobability is big enough, genetically diverse offspring can be createdwhich avoids the chance of choosing the locally optimal solution. If themutation probability is exceedingly large however, the optimizationprocess can be unstable [33,34]. In the AGA, the mutation probability isdetermined by the previous fitness values. If the adaptability of thegeneration is big enough, the mutation probability is small, otherwise,the mutation probability is high. The adaptive mutation probability,Pm, is expressed as

P x Δ x P x( ) = (1 − ( )) ( ),m n mn n( +1) ( ) (41)

where Pm(n) and Pm(n+1) are the mutation probabilities of the n-thand (n+1)-th generations, respectively. Δn is the difference operator,which can be expressed as

Δ xλ f x f x

λ f x f x( ) =

∑ ( ( ) − ( ))

∑ | ( ) − ( )|n

kn k

n k n k

kn k

n k n k

=0−1

− − −1

=0−1

− − −1 (42)

where 0≤ λ<1 and fk is the individual fitness of the k-th generation.

3.3. Optimization procedure

The optimization procedure is shown in Fig. 5. The detailedprocedures are as follows.

(i) Initialization: Initialize the parameters, such as the populationsize, the iterative times, etc. Calculate the reciprocal vector G, thematerial constant g0 and the structural parameter e(G) which areused for the IFPWEM.

(ii) Create initial population: Considering the symmetry of unit cell,only 1/4 unit cell (see Fig. 4) needs to be initialized. The genes ofthe initial chromosomes are generally assigned randomly as 1 or0. The initial population with Np chromosomes can be defined as

farm X X X X X X X X

X X X X

= { , , ... , , , , ... , , , ,

... , , , , ... , },

N N

N N

11

21

/41

11

21

/41

11

21

/41

11

21

/41

p p

p p (43)

where x x x xX = { , , ... , ... }ji

ji

ji

j ki

j ni

.1 .2 . . is the j-th individual in the i-th generation, xj k

i. is the k-th design variable of X j

i , n is the number ofdesign variables and Np=N×N.(iii) Crossover operation: Mate individuals in the selection pool

randomly to create two offspring, which are used to replacetheir parents. a is defined as a random number between 0 and 1.When a is less than the adaptive crossover probability, Pc, thecrossover operation is carried out. b, which is either 1 or 2, iscreated to determine the crossover mode. If b=1, the horizontalcrossover mode is selected. Otherwise, the vertical crossover

Fig. 3. (a) Band structures calculated with different methods, and the band gaps obtainedfrom (b) the IFPWEM, (c) the FPWEM and (d) the FEM models. Note: The shaded areasrepresent the frequency regions occupied by band gaps.

Table 2Results of the band structures.

Method Band gap (kHz) Consuming time (s)

IFPWEM [15.367, 24.983] 3.58FPWEM [15.283, 24.802] 57.49FEM [14.971, 24.030] 85.12

Fig. 4. Discrete structure of unit cell..

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mode is selected. Values of 0 and 1 are created randomly to labelthe gene positions, and the chromosomes exchange their genes atthe positions with the value 1. Thus, the new population isexpressed as

newfarm X X X X= { , , ... , , ... , }.j N1′1

2′1

′1

′1

p (44)

(iv) Increase the population size: Combine the population of theparent with the population of the offspring to enlarge the overallpopulation size. The merged population can be expressed as

Farm farm newfarm= [ , ], (45)

(v) Evaluation (fitness) check: First, the band structures of PnCs arecalculated with the IFPWEM. The band gap width is then used todefine the fitness of individual. If no band gap exists, a smallvalue (0.01) is assigned as the fitness value to avoid the randomlygenerated individual from being prematurely eliminated in theinitial stage of optimization.

(vi) Selection operation: Based on the elitist selection strategy, c andc′, which are between 1 and 2×Np, are created randomly for thedouble-random-paired competition. By comparing the fitness ofeach of the two individuals, Np chromosomes are selected toconstruct a new mating pool.

(vii) Mutantion operation: Mutate each chromosome with the adap-tive mutation probability Pm. d, which is between 0 and 1, is a

Fig. 5. Flowchart of optimization procedure..

Table 3Material parameters of PnCs.

Lead (Pb) Epoxy

Density: ρ kg m= 11600 ( / )Pb3 ρ kg m= 1180 ( / )Epoxy

3

Elastic Modulus: E Pa= 4.20 × 10 ( )Pb10 E Pa= 4.43 × 10 ( )Epoxy

9

Shear Modulus: G N m= 1.49 × 10 ( / )Pb10 2 G N m= 1.59 × 10 ( / )Epoxy

9 2

Fig. 6. (a) The initial unit cell and (b) its corresponding band structure.

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random number. If d falls within the interval [0, Pm], the geneswitches to its opposite (1 changes into 0 or 0 changes into 1).

(viii) Convergence check: Repeat steps (iii) to (vii) until the truncationcriterion is satisfied.

4. Results and discussions

Three numerical examples are employed to 2D bi-component PnCswith square lattice geometries for in-plane wave mode. The materialparameters are listed in Table 3 below.

4.1. The effectiveness and efficiency of the proposed method

The unit cell, which is filled with a random distribution of lead orepoxy resin, is regarded as the initial unit cell for the optimization. Theinitial unit cell and its corresponding band structure are shown inFig. 6. The population size is 50, and the number of interactions is set to100.

The results obtained with the GA-FPWEM and the AGA-IFPWEMmethodologies are illustrated in Figs. 7 and 8, respectively and the

Fig. 7. The results yielded by the GA-FPWEM: (a) the optimized unit cell topology, (b) the phononic crystal microstructure and (c) the band structure.

Fig. 8. The results obtained by the AGA-IFPWEM: (a) the optimized unit cell topology, (b) the phononic crystal microstructure and (c) the band structure.

Table 4Results of the optimization problems.

Method Iterations Population Optimum(kHz)

Band gap(kHz)

Time (s)

GA-FPWE-M

100 50 20.164 [38.282,58.446]

1.0137×106

AGA-IFPW-EM

100 50 20.641 [38.627,59.268]

5.6952×104

Fig. 9. Initial unit cells with different shapes of scatterers including: (a) square scatterer (b) cross scatterer, and (c) ring scatterer.

Fig. 10. The evolutionary curves of the optimization problem.

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results are listed in Table 4.From Figs. 7 and 8, the optimal structures obtained by the GA-

FPWEM and the AGA-IFPWEM models are almost the identical. Theband gap yielded with the AGA-IFPWEM is [38.627 kHz, 59.268 kHz].Compared to the result obtained by the GA-FPWEM ([38.282 kHz,

58.446 kHz]), the discrepancy is about 1%.According to Table 4, the AGA-IFPWEM only spends 5.6952×104 s

for 100 iterations while the GA-FPWEM costs 1.0137×106 s. The GA-FPWEMmodel has to expand 625 wave vectors for each calculation. Forthe AGA-IFPWEM model, the number of wave vectors used for the bandstructure analysis decreases from 625 to 81. This significantly reducesthe overall computation time, and thus, the efficiency of the AGA-IFPWEM model is much higher than for the GA-FPWEM approach.

4.2. Convergence of the proposed method

In this section, three different initial unit cell shapes are used toverify the convergence of the AGA-IFPWEM model. The structures ofinitial unit cells are shown in Fig. 9.

The initial unit cells are divided into 10×10 grids and the length ofthe chromosome for each unit cell is 100. The population size is 50, andthe number of iterative steps is 100. The evolutionary curves of threedifferent initial unit cells are illustrated in Fig. 10.

From the results illustrated in Fig. 10, it's apparent that the optimalvalues of three different initial unit cells eventually converge to the

Fig. 11. The fitness values of the best individuals for each generation..

Fig. 12. The phononic crystal (left) and the corresponding band gap structures (right) at different generation numbers. (a) Generation Number=1 (b) Generation Number=5 (c)Generation Number=10 (d) Generation Number=20 (e) Generation Number=35 (f) Generation Number=55 (g) Generation Number=90 (h) Generation Number=150.

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same value. However, the convergence speeds are different for each ofthe three initial cases. For the square scatterer, the optimized result wasobtained quickly at the 5th iteration. Meanwhile, the optimal solutionsof the cross scatterer and ring scatterer were achieved at the 38th andthe 9th iterations, respectively. As the unit cell containing the squarescatterer is similar to the optimized result (see Fig. 8), the optimizationprocess with the square scatterer is much faster than the other two unitcells.

4.3. The topology optimization of PnCs

The unit cell is divided into 20×20 grids, and the length ofchromosome for each unit cell is 400. Lead and epoxy resin arerandomly distributed in amongst each pixel. The population size is100, and the number of iterative steps is set to 250. The results of thefitness values are shown in Fig. 11.

From Fig. 11, with the increase in the generation number, the fitnessvalue of the individual also increases. When the generation number isover 143, the fitness value tapers off asymptotically. This means thatthe optimization process has achieved convergence where the max-imum fitness value attained is 25.542 kHz.

The optimization results at the different generation numbers areshown in Fig. 12. In each case, the left and right subfigures respectivelyrepresent the phononic crystal and the corresponding band gapstructures.

From Fig. 12(a), it is obvious that there is no band gap formationafter the 1st generation step. The first band gap is obtained at the 5th

generation for in-plane wave mode. The band gap region is relativelynarrow, and its width ranges from [56.987 kHz, 58.612 kHz]. With theincreasing generation number, the band gaps sizes also increase. Whenthe 10th generation is reached, the band gap width ranges from[47.633 kHz, 50.995 kHz], which then expands further to[42.557 kHz, 55.922 kHz] at the 35th generation. By the 55th generatorthe band gap frequency range reaches [38.627 kHz, 59.268 kHz]. Whenthe generation is over 143, the band gap width remains unchanged,which means that the optimized topology of PnC has been achieved,width a band gap width ranging from [34.433 kHz, 59.975 kHz].Compared to the result (the band gap range of [38.627 kHz,59.268 kHz]) mentioned previously in Section 4.1, the final width ofthe band gap is widened about 23.8%. Furthermore, if the number ofgrids is further refined, the optimized band gap width can be increasedfurther.

Meanwhile, the first band gap appears between the fourth and fiftheigenfrequencies, then the positions of the band gaps gradually decline.The maximum band gap ultimately stabilizes between the third andfourth eigenfrequencies.

5. Conclusions

In this paper, an AGA-IFPWEM methodology is proposed for thetopological optimization of 2D PnCs in order to establish broad bandgap frequency regions. Three numerical examples are introduced toverify the effectiveness, efficiency and convergence of the proposedmethod.

The improved fast plane wave expansion method (IFPWEM) isintroduced to the band structure analysis. Based on the Lauren inversetheorem, by eliminating the jump discontinuity points on the interfacialmaterial boundaries, the continuity of the boundaries is improved andthe formulation of the eigenproblem has been revised. The number ofwave vectors used for the band structure analysis also decreases from625 to 81. Compared to the FPWEM model, the IFPWEM model withfewer wave vectors can obtain the same calculation accuracy and muchgreater computational. Meanwhile, the proposed AGA with adaptivecrossover probability and adaptive mutation probability is proposed forthe optimization of band gap width. The initial structural character-istics of the unit cells affect the optimization speed as well as the overall

computational time. The AGA, which can generate an optimal unit celldesign in the first few iterative steps, also decreases the overall iterationtime required for convergence, and improves the optimization effi-ciency. This illustrates the strengths of the proposed AGA-IFPWEMmethodology for the topology optimization of PnCs. It should also benoted that although the AGA-IFPWEM model was only applied to 2DPnCs optimization cases in this paper, the method can be easilyexpanded and applied to 2D PnCs with multi-fields coupling materials[37–41] or 3D PnCs.

Acknowledgments

The paper is supported by the National Natural Science Foundationof China (No.11402083), Independent Research Project of State KeyLaboratory of Advanced Design and Manufacturing for Vehicle Body inHunan University (No. 51375002).

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