The nonlinear interaction of smooth travelling waves in an elastic string

DOI10.1016/0165-2125(85)90044-7zbMath0561.73024OpenAlexW2029337905MaRDI QIDQ2266603

Michael Shearer

Publication date: 1985

Published in: Wave Motion (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/0165-2125(85)90044-7

zbMATH Keywords

collisionnonlinearly elastic stringnonlinear interaction of smooth travelling wavesshock formation in finite time

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Nonlinear elasticity (74B20) Impact in solid mechanics (74M20) Strings (74K05)

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On essential nonlinearities emerging from linear systems ⋮ Propagation of small waves in inextensible strings ⋮ Global nonlinear stability of longitudinal wave for the planar motion of elastic string with linear Hooke's law ⋮ Dynamics of strings made of phase-transforming materials

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