We have proposed an "exact" strain gradient (SG) continuum model to properly predict the dispersive characteristics of diatomic lattice metamaterials with local and nonlocal interactions.The key enhancement is proposing a wavelength-dependent Taylor expansion to obtain a satisfactory accuracy when the wavelength gets close to the lattice spacing.Such a wavelength-dependent Taylor expansion is applied to the displacement field of the diatomic lattice,resulting in a novel SG model.For various kinds of diatomic lattices,the dispersion diagrams given by the proposed SG model always agree well with those given by the discrete model throughout the first Brillouin zone,manifesting the robustness of the present model.Based on this SG model,we have conducted the following discussions.(Ⅰ) Both mass and stiffness ratios affect the band gap structures of diatomic lattice metamaterials,which is very helpful for the design of metamaterials.(Ⅱ)The increase in the SG order can enhance the model performance if the modified Taylor expansion is adopted.Without doing so,the higher-order continuum model can suffer from a stronger instability issue and does not necessarily have a better accuracy.The proposed SG continuum model with the eighth-order truncation is found to be enough to capture the dispersion behaviors all over the first Brillouin zone.(Ⅲ) The effects of the nonlocal interactions are analyzed.The nonlocal interactions reduce the workable range of the well-known long-wave approximation,causing more local extrema in the dispersive diagrams.The present model can serve as a satisfactory continuum theory when the wavelength gets close to the lattice spacing,i.e.,when the long-wave approximation is no longer valid.For the convenience of band gap designs,we have also provided the design space from which one can easily obtain the proper mass and stiffness ratios corresponding to a requested band gap width.

Binying WANG;Jinxing LIU;A.K.SOH;Naigang LIANG

Faculty of Civil Engineering and Mechanics,Jiangsu University,Zhenjiang 212203,Jiangsu Province,China;School of Engineering,Monash University Malaysia,Selangor Darul Ehsan 47500,Malaysia;Institute of Mechanics,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Beijing 100190,China

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[1]Binying WANG;Jinxing LIU;A.K.SOH;Naigang LIANG-.On band gaps of nonlocal acoustic lattice metamaterials:a robust strain gradient model)[J].应用数学和力学（英文版）,2022(01):1-20

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