Elementary Wave Solutions of the Equations Describing the Motion of an Elastic String

DOI10.1137/0516032zbMath0577.73033OpenAlexW1965000765MaRDI QIDQ3698389

Michael Shearer

Publication date: 1985

Published in: SIAM Journal on Mathematical Analysis (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1137/0516032

zbMATH Keywords

wavesRiemann problemplanar motionelastic stringstrict hyperbolicityfinite plucked stringlongitudinal waves always propagate faster than the transversallongitudinal waves always propagate faster than the transversal wavesunique solution for any initial data

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Shocks and singularities for hyperbolic equations (35L67) Vibrations in dynamical problems in solid mechanics (74H45) Impact in solid mechanics (74M20) Uniqueness of solutions of dynamical problems in solid mechanics (74H25) Uniqueness of solutions of equilibrium problems in solid mechanics (74G30) Strings (74K05)

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