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A system of equations \[ u_t= v_x,\tag{1} \] \[ v_t= (I-\partial^2_x)^{-1}\partial_x f(u),\tag{2} \] which is equivalent to a nonlinear Pochhammer-Chree equation, is studied. The well-posedness of the initial value problem of (1), (2) is discussed, first of all by using the contraction principle, a local well-posedness in \(H^s\times H^{s+1}\) for \(s\geq 1\) is proven. Later, global existence, regularity, blowing up, long time behaviour in some Sobolev spaces for (1), (2) is established. A detailed discussion is given, if \[ f(u)= u+ a|u|^{p-1}u\tag{3} \] for \(a>0\) and \(a<0\). It is derived such an a priori estimate of solutions which guarantees that the small solutions of the nonlinear problem behave asymptotically like the solutions of the associated linear problem. For different types of nonlinearity of perturbation the blow-up solutions are obtained. Global small amplitude solutions of (1), (2) and their nonlinear scattering are also considered. The system of equations (1), (2) is a mathematical model for the longitudinal vibrations of an elastic rod.