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On solitary waves in one‐dimensional microstructured solids
Author(s) -
Randrüüt Merle,
Braun Manfred
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
pamm
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1617-7061
DOI - 10.1002/pamm.200910220
Subject(s) - microscale chemistry , korteweg–de vries equation , physics , materials science , mechanics , classical mechanics , mathematical analysis , optics , nonlinear system , mathematics , quantum mechanics , mathematics education
In a microstructured solid with nonlinearities in macroscale and microscale, the propagation of 1D waves is governed by an extended KdV equation, which admits asymmetric solitary waves. An approximate solution is presented. (© 2009 Wiley‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)