Effective Model for Elastic Waves in a Substrate Supporting an Array of Plates/Beams with Flexural and Longitudinal Resonances

In a previous study (Marigo et al. in J. Mech. Phys. Solids 143:104029, 2020) we have studied the effect of a periodic array of subwavelength plates or beams over a semi-infinite elastic ground on the propagation of waves hitting the interface. The study was restricted to the low frequency regime where only flexural resonances take place. Here, we present a generalization to higher frequencies which allows us to account for both flexural and longitudinal resonances and to evaluate their interplay. An effective model is obtained using asymptotic analysis and homogenization techniques, which can be expressed in terms of the ground alone with an effective dynamic (frequency-dependent) boundary conditions of the Robin’s type. For an in-plane wave at oblique incidence, the scattered displacement fields and the reflection coefficients are obtained in closed forms and their effectiveness to reproduce the actual scattering is inspected by comparison with direct numerics in a two-dimensional setting.