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Original language | English |
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Article number | 110241 |
Number of pages | 14 |
Journal | International Journal of Mechanical Sciences |
Volume | 294 |
Early online date | 9 Apr 2025 |
Publication status | Published - 15 May 2025 |
Abstract
Topological states have been extensively explored across diverse wave systems in recent decades. However, most research has focused on the periodic and Hermitian systems, while the roles of non-Hermiticity and disorder in topological properties need to be further explored, especially for two-dimensional systems. In this paper, the topological phase transitions induced by periodic and disordered on-site non-Hermitian modulations in one-dimensional (1D) and two-dimensional (2D) elastic systems and their topological edge and corner states are systemically studied. First, an analytical approach based on a generalization of the 1D Su–Schrieffer–Heeger (SSH) model is applied to investigate the full topological phase evolutions with different physical parameters and non-Hermitian strengths. It is found that an initially trivial system can become nontrivial under periodic or moderately disordered non-Hermitian modulations while increasing the level of randomness induces a nontrivial to trivial phase transition. Then, an elastic analog of the 1D SSH model constructed by elastic square plates with thin connecting beams is proposed, where the non-Hermitian modulations are introduced by piezoelectric patches with a feedback control loop. The evolutions of topological phases and their corresponding topological edge modes are numerically demonstrated in this elastic platform. Furthermore, the analytical SSH model and the realistic elastic platform are extended to 2D structures and their topological properties are deeply investigated. Studies indicate that periodic non-Hermitian modulations can drive trivial-nontrivial transitions and topological edge and higher-order corner states would appear for 2D structures. However, the 2D structures are more sensitive to the disorder and trivial-nontrivial phase transitions only survive under the small disorder. Larger non-Hermitian strength would result in the emergence of more nontrivial bandgaps and topological edge states. The main novelties of the paper are the proposition of a new elastic platform with feedback control for the study of non-Hermitian topological systems, a comprehensive analysis of combined effects of non-Hermiticity and disorders on topological properties, and the extension of 1D to 2D structures. Our work offers a reliable platform for studying topological properties in 1D and 2D non-Hermitian systems and designing active wave control devices.
Keywords
- Edge and corner states, Elastic analog model, Feedback control, Non-Hermiticity, Su–Schrieffer–Heeger model, Topological states
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- Civil and Structural Engineering
- Materials Science(all)
- General Materials Science
- Physics and Astronomy(all)
- Condensed Matter Physics
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- Aerospace Engineering
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- Ocean Engineering
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- Mechanics of Materials
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- Mechanical Engineering
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- Applied Mathematics
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T1 - Topological phase transitions of non-Hermitian periodic and disordered elastic systems
AU - Cai, Runcheng
AU - Jin, Yabin
AU - Pennec, Yan
AU - Rabczuk, Timon
AU - Zhuang, Xiaoying
AU - Djafari-Rouhani, Bahram
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2025
PY - 2025/5/15
Y1 - 2025/5/15
N2 - Topological states have been extensively explored across diverse wave systems in recent decades. However, most research has focused on the periodic and Hermitian systems, while the roles of non-Hermiticity and disorder in topological properties need to be further explored, especially for two-dimensional systems. In this paper, the topological phase transitions induced by periodic and disordered on-site non-Hermitian modulations in one-dimensional (1D) and two-dimensional (2D) elastic systems and their topological edge and corner states are systemically studied. First, an analytical approach based on a generalization of the 1D Su–Schrieffer–Heeger (SSH) model is applied to investigate the full topological phase evolutions with different physical parameters and non-Hermitian strengths. It is found that an initially trivial system can become nontrivial under periodic or moderately disordered non-Hermitian modulations while increasing the level of randomness induces a nontrivial to trivial phase transition. Then, an elastic analog of the 1D SSH model constructed by elastic square plates with thin connecting beams is proposed, where the non-Hermitian modulations are introduced by piezoelectric patches with a feedback control loop. The evolutions of topological phases and their corresponding topological edge modes are numerically demonstrated in this elastic platform. Furthermore, the analytical SSH model and the realistic elastic platform are extended to 2D structures and their topological properties are deeply investigated. Studies indicate that periodic non-Hermitian modulations can drive trivial-nontrivial transitions and topological edge and higher-order corner states would appear for 2D structures. However, the 2D structures are more sensitive to the disorder and trivial-nontrivial phase transitions only survive under the small disorder. Larger non-Hermitian strength would result in the emergence of more nontrivial bandgaps and topological edge states. The main novelties of the paper are the proposition of a new elastic platform with feedback control for the study of non-Hermitian topological systems, a comprehensive analysis of combined effects of non-Hermiticity and disorders on topological properties, and the extension of 1D to 2D structures. Our work offers a reliable platform for studying topological properties in 1D and 2D non-Hermitian systems and designing active wave control devices.
AB - Topological states have been extensively explored across diverse wave systems in recent decades. However, most research has focused on the periodic and Hermitian systems, while the roles of non-Hermiticity and disorder in topological properties need to be further explored, especially for two-dimensional systems. In this paper, the topological phase transitions induced by periodic and disordered on-site non-Hermitian modulations in one-dimensional (1D) and two-dimensional (2D) elastic systems and their topological edge and corner states are systemically studied. First, an analytical approach based on a generalization of the 1D Su–Schrieffer–Heeger (SSH) model is applied to investigate the full topological phase evolutions with different physical parameters and non-Hermitian strengths. It is found that an initially trivial system can become nontrivial under periodic or moderately disordered non-Hermitian modulations while increasing the level of randomness induces a nontrivial to trivial phase transition. Then, an elastic analog of the 1D SSH model constructed by elastic square plates with thin connecting beams is proposed, where the non-Hermitian modulations are introduced by piezoelectric patches with a feedback control loop. The evolutions of topological phases and their corresponding topological edge modes are numerically demonstrated in this elastic platform. Furthermore, the analytical SSH model and the realistic elastic platform are extended to 2D structures and their topological properties are deeply investigated. Studies indicate that periodic non-Hermitian modulations can drive trivial-nontrivial transitions and topological edge and higher-order corner states would appear for 2D structures. However, the 2D structures are more sensitive to the disorder and trivial-nontrivial phase transitions only survive under the small disorder. Larger non-Hermitian strength would result in the emergence of more nontrivial bandgaps and topological edge states. The main novelties of the paper are the proposition of a new elastic platform with feedback control for the study of non-Hermitian topological systems, a comprehensive analysis of combined effects of non-Hermiticity and disorders on topological properties, and the extension of 1D to 2D structures. Our work offers a reliable platform for studying topological properties in 1D and 2D non-Hermitian systems and designing active wave control devices.
KW - Edge and corner states
KW - Elastic analog model
KW - Feedback control
KW - Non-Hermiticity
KW - Su–Schrieffer–Heeger model
KW - Topological states
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