Study on the Low⁃Frequency Band Gap of Novel Four⁃Oscillator Chiral Phononic Crystals

Aiming to achieve noise isolation and vibration damping in engineering applications with simple and aesthetic structures, this paper designs a novel four⁃oscillator chiral phononic crystal.By incorporating helical scatterer branches as oscillators, the design breaks the inherent symmetry of conventional phononic crystals.Finite element simulation is first used to analyze the bandgap of the unit cell, followed by validation of the infinite periodic bandgap range through finite periodic arrangement. Further investigation into the effects of scatterer material parameters and the number of oscillators on the bandgap characteristics was conducted through parametric analysis. The results indicate that the chiral phononic crystal structure exhibits a total band gap widths of up to 642.12 Hz below 1 000 Hz, demonstrating excellent performance in low frequency noise isolation.