TY - JOUR N2 - A challenge for developing acoustic metamaterials (AMMs) is considering the application of broadband muffling and load bearing capacity simultaneously. In this paper, a honeycomb based graded AMM muffler is proposed, which can widen the attenuation band and improve the structural stiffness without any external device by means of integrated design. Firstly, the acoustic and mechanical characteristics of the muffler unit cell are theoretically and numerically studied, and the graded muffler is designed based on these characteristics. The numerical results show that the graded muffler widens the attenuation bandwidth of the unit cell, and the simulation also shows that the graded muffler has greater stiffness than the uniform one. The stiffness driven muffler provides new possibilities for the design of advanced metamaterial with simultaneous sound insulation and load bearing performances. L1 - http://journals.pan.pl/Content/123490/PDF/aoa.2022.141651.pdf L2 - http://journals.pan.pl/Content/123490 PY - 2022 IS - No 2 EP - 221 DO - 10.24425/aoa.2022.141651 KW - acoustic metamaterials KW - honeycomb structure KW - phononic crystal KW - local resonance A1 - Li, Gen A1 - Chen, Yan A1 - He, Huan PB - Polish Academy of Sciences, Institute of Fundamental Technological Research, Committee on Acoustics VL - vol. 47 DA - 2022.06.27 T1 - A Honeycomb Based Graded Metamaterial Muffler with Broadband Sound Attenuation and Load Bearing Performances SP - 213 UR - http://journals.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/123490 T2 - Archives of Acoustics ER -