Do-It-Yourself Metamaterials

Nitin Upadhyaya

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Mechanisms

4-bar linkage as knee joint

Are defective knee joints evidence for Darwinism,J. Bergmann, TJ 19(1) (2005).

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Mechanisms: Problem Statement
How to describe the phase space and transition ?

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Using Pythagoras theorem, the length of the connecting rod is

invariant
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l1,2 = L̄ = a2 + 2r 2 − 2r 2 cos(θ2 − θ1 ) + 2ar (sin θ2 − sin θ1 ).

Length L̄ in uniform state when θ1 = π − θ2 = θ̄.

Nuts and Bolts supersymmetry, N. Upadhyaya and V. Vitelli, In Preparation (2019).

Nonlinear conduction via solitons in a topological mechanical insulator, B.G.Chen, N.Upadhyaya ,V.Vitelli, PNAS (2014).
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Structural Colors

S. Kinoshita, S. Yoshioka and J. Miyazaki,Physics of Structural Colors, Rep. Prog. Phys. ,71,076401 (2008).

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Structural Colors: Problem Statement

Engineering for camouflage

For a fixed length of the system, what should the distribution of layer
thickness be to achieve optimal reflection ?

Disorder Engineering: From structural colors to acoustic filters, N.Upadhyaya & A.Amir, Phys. Rev. Mat.(2018).

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But it rained...

Wave motion:
Wave function y (x, t) = f (x − vp t), vp is phase speed.
Sinusoidal wave motion ys (x, t) = A sin(kx − ωt).
2π
Angular frequency ω = T , where T is time period.
2π
Wave number k = λ , where λ is spatial period (wavelength).
Relevant parameters:
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Gravitational acceleration [g ] = T2
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Surface Tension [γ] = T2
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Depth of pond [d] = L.
1
[ω] = T, [k] = L1 .
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Density of water [ρ] = L3
.

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But it rained...

Problem Statement: Find interesting dimensionless combination relating ω

with k and then:
ω
Phase speed vp = k.
dω
Group speed vg = dk .

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