Justification of leading order quasicontinuum approximations of strongly nonlinear lattices

DOI10.3934/DCDS.2014.34.3403zbMATH Open1307.35256arXiv1303.5568OpenAlexW2963630925MaRDI QIDQ476699FDOQ476699

Authors: Christopher Chong, Panayotis G. Kevrekidis, Guido Schneider 

Publication date: 2 December 2014

Published in: Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We consider the leading order quasicontinuum limits of a one-dimensional granular medium governed by the Hertz contact law under precompression. The approximate model which is derived in this limit is justified by establishing asymptotic bounds for the error with the help of energy estimates. The continuum model predicts the development of shock waves, which are also studied in the full system with the aid of numerical simulations. We also show that existing results concerning the Nonlinear Schrodinger (NLS) and Korteweg de-Vries (KdV) approximation of FPU models apply directly to a precompressed granular medium in the weakly nonlinear regime.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1303.5568

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zbMATH Keywords

shockerror estimatesgranular mediumHertz lawKorteweg de Vries equationquasicontinuum approximationnonlinear Schrödinger equation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Lattice functional-differential equations (34K31) Hyperbolic conservation laws (35L65) Shocks and singularities for hyperbolic equations (35L67) KdV equations (Korteweg-de Vries equations) (35Q53) NLS equations (nonlinear Schrödinger equations) (35Q55) PDEs in connection with mechanics of particles and systems of particles (35Q70) Granularity (74E20)

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