The propagation of in-plane waves in multilayered elastic/piezoelectric composite structures with imperfect interface

The dispersive characteristic of in-plane elastic waves propagating through laminated piezoelectric phononic crystal with imperfect interface is studied in this paper. First, the transfer matrix method (TMM) and the Bloch theorem are used to derive the dispersion equation. Next, the dispersion equation is solved numerically and the dispersive curves are shown in Brillouin zone. The pass band and the stop band of in-plane wave propagating normal to the laminated periodic structure with spring imperfect interface are investigated. The effects of the spring or mass parameter are discussed.