title: Locally periodic Timoshenko rod: experiment and theory.
abstract: The flexural vibrations of a locally periodic rod, which consists of N unit cells, are discussed both from the experimental and theoretical points of view. Timoshenko's beam theory and the transfer matrix method are used to calculate the normal-mode frequencies and amplitudes. The theoretical values are then compared with the experimental ones, which are obtained using an electromagnetic acoustic transducer (EMAT). Good agreement between the numerical results and the experimental measurements is obtained. It is shown that as N grows, a band spectrum emerges.
authors.affiliation: Centro de Ciencias Físicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, A.P. 48-3, 62251, Cuernavaca, Mor., México.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Díaz-de-Anda
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pimentel
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Flores
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Morales
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gutiérrez
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Méndez-Sánchez
mesh_terms: D000162:Acoustics / Q000295:instrumentation*; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D010507:Periodicity; D013598:Systems Theory; D014732:Vibration