Ring-Shaped Linear Waves and Solitons in a Square Lattice of Acoustic Waveguides

Abstract

We study the propagation of both low- and high-amplitude ring-shaped sound waves in a 2D square lattice of acoustic waveguides with Helmholtz resonators. We show that the inclusion of the Helmholtz resonators suppresses the inherent anisotropy of the system in the low frequency regime allowing for radially symmetric solutions. By employing the electroacoustic analogue approach and asymptotic methods we derive an effective cylindrical Korteweg de Vries (cKdV) equation. Low-amplitude waveforms are self-similar structures of the Airy function profile, while high-amplitude ones are of the form of cylindrical solitons. Our analytical predictions are corroborated by results of direct numerical simulations, with a very good agreement between the two.