Wave localization in strongly nonlinear Hertzian chains with mass defect

Details Wave localization in strongly nonlinear Hertzian chains with mass defect Wave localization in strongly nonlinear Hertzian chains with mass defect

2009-01-22

arxiv.org/abs/0901.3532v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Materials Science

4 pages, 5 figures, submitted for publication

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We investigate the dynamical response of a mass defect in a one-dimensional non-loaded horizontal chain of identical spheres which interact via the nonlinear Hertz potential. Our experiments show that the interaction of a solitary wave with a light intruder excites localized mode. In agreement with dimensional analysis, we find that the frequency of localized oscillations exceeds the incident wave frequency spectrum and nonlinearly depends on the size of the intruder and on the incident wave strength. The absence of tensile stress between grains allows some gaps to open, which in turn induce a significant enhancement of the oscillations amplitude. We performed numerical simulations that precisely describe our observations without any adjusting parameters.

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