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Addressing the challenges of bulky, low-efficiency sound-insulation materials at low frequencies, this work proposes an acoustic metamaterial based on curve fractal channels. Each unit cell comprises a concentric circular-ring channel recursively iterated: as the fractal order increases, the channel path length grows exponentially, enabling outstanding sound-insulation performance within a deep-subwavelength thickness. Finite-element and transfer-matrix analyses show that increasing the fractal order from one to three raises the number of bandgaps from three to five and expands total stop-band coverage from 17% to over 40% within a deep-subwavelength thickness. Four-microphone impedance-tube measurements on the third-order sample validate a peak transmission loss of 75 dB at 495 Hz, in excellent agreement with simulations. Compared to conventional zigzag and Hilbert-maze designs, this curve fractal architecture delivers enhanced low-frequency broadband insulation, structural lightweighting, and ease of fabrication, making it a promising solution for noise control in machine rooms, ducting systems, and traffic environments. The method proposed in this paper can be applied to noise reduction of transmission parts for ceramic automation production.
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