Conservation principles in solitary impulse propagation through granular chains

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications

Volumn 315, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 194-202

  Wu, David T ^a  

^a Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Granular materials; Shock absorption; Solitary waves; Tapered chain

Indexed keywords

DISPERSION (WAVES); GRANULAR MATERIALS; NONLINEAR SYSTEMS;

SOLITARY WAVES;

WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 0037112892     PISSN: 03784371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4371(02)01240-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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