Physics – Condensed Matter – Soft Condensed Matter
Scientific paper
2010-08-25
Physics
Condensed Matter
Soft Condensed Matter
15 pages, 4 figures
Scientific paper
Discrete materials composed of masses connected by strongly nonlinear links with anomalous behavior (reduction of elastic modulus with strain) have very interesting wave dynamics. Such links may be composed of materials exhibiting repeatable softening behavior under loading and unloading. These discrete materials will not support strongly nonlinear compression pulses due to nonlinear dispersion but may support stationary rarefaction pulses or rarefaction shock-like waves. Here we investigate rarefaction waves in nonlinear periodic systems with a general power-law relationship between force and displacement $F \propto \delta^{n}$, where $0 < n < 1$. An exact solution of the long-wave approximation is found for the special case of $n = 1/2$, which agrees well with numerical results for the discrete chain. Theoretical and numerical analysis of stationary solutions are discussed for different values of $n$ in the interval $0 < n < 1$. The leading solitary rarefaction wave followed by a dispersive tail was generated by impact in numerical calculations.
Herbold Eric B.
Nesterenko Vitali F.
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