Band gaps for flexural elastic wave propagation in periodic composite plate structures based on a non-classical Mindlin plate model incorporating microstructure and surface energy effects

A new model for determining band gaps for flexural elastic wave propagation in periodic composite plate structures containing square and cruciform inclusions is developed using a non-classical Mindlin plate model incorporating the microstructure and surface energy effects. The new model reduces to the classical elasticity-based counterpart when both the microstructure and surface energy effects are not considered. The plane wave expansion method...