“…Different from linear periodic structures that have been extensively studied, only a little work has been focused on nonlinear elastic wave metamaterials. Some special properties can be found in these nonlinear periodic structures, e.g., amplitude-dependent band gap [18,19], second harmonics [20][21][22], discrete breathers [23][24][25], solitons [26,27], etc. An interesting phenomenon worth mentioning is the nonreciprocal transmission [28,29], which is due to the breaking reciprocal theorem in wave system [30,31] and behaves as mechanical diodes [32,33].…”