In this work, a thin functionally-graded sound absorber that achieves an absorption coefficient near unity is demonstrated. The sound absorber consists of a multilayer arrangement of an interwoven sonic crystal lattice with varying filling fractions, backed by a thin elastic coating that acts as a flexural acoustic element. The overall thickness of the sound absorber is about one tenth of the wavelength in air, and it was 3D printed with a thermoplastic polyurethane. Samples were fabricated and acoustically tested in an air-filled acoustic impedance tube, from which absorption and effective acoustic properties were obtained. A theoretical formulation for the effective acoustic properties of the sonic crystal lattice was used to guide the design process, and excellent agreement was found between measured and theoretically predicted results. A range of sonic crystal filling fractions and thicknesses were tested to verify the fabrication process and robustness of the theoretical formulation, and both were found to be in excellent agreement. Based on this testing and analysis, an optimal arrangement was found that achieved simultaneous near zero reflectance and transmittance over a given frequency band, thereby resulting in an absorption coefficient near unity. [Work supported by the Office of Naval Research.]
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