Coherent Elastic Waves in Multiple Scattering Media: Influence of Resonances and Positional Correlations of Scatterers

Explore a comprehensive seminar presentation examining the propagation of elastic waves in heterogeneous media, focusing on the influence of resonances and positional correlations of scatterers. Learn about fundamental research in composite materials, porous materials, colloids, and emulsions, with applications in material characterization and performance optimization. Discover how locally resonant metamaterials, developed in the 2000s, utilize scatterer distributions to modify wave propagation and mechanical properties. Examine the MuScat calculation code's capabilities in resolving multiple scattering equations and analyzing wave interaction problems with various particle distributions. Understand the impact of both short-range and long-range positional correlations between scatterers on coherent waves, including the unique properties of hyperuniform media. Investigate the behavior of coherent elastic waves in dense bead distributions within soft solid matrices, exploring translational and rotational resonances and their effects on longitudinal and transverse waves. Gain insights into how spatial correlations can be leveraged to optimize non-ordinary wave propagation effects in multiple scattering media.