On the unwrapping of dispersion curves in the irreducible Brillouin zone by means of a spatial Fourier transform approach

摘要

Using Bloch-Floquet boundary conditions implies a periodicity in both the spatial and wavenumber domains, causing the numerically computed wavenumbers to be folded or aliased within the Brillouin zone. A methodology is presented to unwrap the wavenumber spectrum to extended Brillouin zones using a Fourier transform method in the spatial domain, thus providing new insights on the physical meaning and relative amplitudes of aliased wave components. In addition, a procedure is presented to identify out-of-plane (Lamb wave type) components, which are usually of interest for thin structures.