Phase-Space Properties of Two-Dimensional Elastic Phononic Crystals and Anharmonic Effects in Nano-Phononic Crystals

This dissertation contains research directed at investigating the behavior and properties of a class of composite materials known as phononic crystals. Two categories of phononic crystals are explicitly investigated: (I) elastic phononic crystals and (II) nano-scale phononic crystals. For elastic ph...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Swinteck, Nichlas Z.
Other Authors: Deymier, Pierre A.
Language:en
Published: The University of Arizona. 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10150/228156