Solitary wave trains in granular chains: experiments, theory and simulations

DOI10.1007/S10035-007-0054-2zbMATH Open1200.74032arXiv0712.0006OpenAlexW3103984118MaRDI QIDQ608196FDOQ608196

Authors: Sumit K. Garg 

Publication date: 25 November 2010

Published in: Granular Matter (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The features of solitary waves observed in horizontal monodisperse chain of barely touching beads not only depend on geometrical and material properties of the beads but also on the initial perturbation provided at the edge of the chain. An impact of a large striker on a monodisperse chain, and similarly a sharp decrease of bead radius in a stepped chain, generates a solitary wave train containing many single solitary waves ordered by decreasing amplitudes. We find, by simple analytical arguments, that the unloading of compression force at the chain edge has a nearly exponential decrease. The characteristic time is mainly a function involving the grains' masses and the striker mass. Numerical calculations and experiments corroborate these findings.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0712.0006

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zbMATH Keywords

solitary waveone-dimensional granular chainpulses train formationstepped chain

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Solitary waves in solid mechanics (74J35) Experimental work for problems pertaining to mechanics of deformable solids (74-05) Granularity (74E20)

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