Heteroclinic Travelling Waves in Convex FPU-Type Chains

DOI10.1137/080743147zbMATH Open1232.37040arXiv0812.1712OpenAlexW3098545108MaRDI QIDQ2999863FDOQ2999863

Jens D. M. Rademacher, Michael Herrmann

Publication date: 17 May 2011

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

Abstract: We consider infinite FPU-type atomic chains with general convex potentials and study the existence of monotone fronts that are heteroclinic travelling waves connecting constant asymptotic states. Iooss showed that small amplitude fronts bifurcate from convex-concave turning points of the force. In this paper we prove that fronts exist for any asymptotic states that satisfy certain constraints. For potentials whose derivative has exactly one turning point these constraints precisely mean that the front corresponds to an energy conserving supersonic shock of the `p-system', which is the naive hyperbolic continuum limit of the chain. The proof goes via minimizing an action functional for the deviation from this discontinuous shock profile. We also discuss qualitative properties and the numerical computation of fronts.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0812.1712

zbMATH Keywords

energy conservationshocksvariational principlefrontsFermi-Pasta-Ulam chain

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Variational methods involving nonlinear operators (47J30) Lattice dynamics; integrable lattice equations (37K60) Nonlinear waves in solid mechanics (74J30) Homoclinic and heteroclinic trajectories for nonlinear problems in mechanics (70K44) The dynamics of infinite particle systems (70F45)

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