周期型二元颗粒链中孤波传播的二体碰撞近似分析

本文运用二体碰撞近似理论研究了孤波在周期型二元颗粒链中的传播. 周期型二元颗粒链由N个大球和一个小球交替排列而成, 球的材质都相同. 将小球和与之相邻的大球等效成一个球, 形成一条等效链. 采用二体碰撞近似理论, 推导了孤波在颗粒链中传播的速度、通过颗粒链时间以及小球的振荡频率. 理论分析得到小球振荡频率随着半径的增大而减小, 该结果与计算机模拟结果符合得相当好. 二体碰撞近似理论给出的波通过整条颗粒链时间, 在N ≤ 2时与计算机模拟结果符合得很好. 理论计算的误差随链长的变化不大. 但随着N的增大, 理论得到的结果相对误差变大.     

Binary collision approximation for solitary waves in a Y-shaped granular chain

We implement a binary collision approximation to study solitary wave propagation in a two-dimensional double Y-shaped granular chain. The solitary wave was transmitted and reflected when it met the interface of the bifurcated branches of the Y-shaped granular chains. We obtain the analytic results of the ratios of the transmitted and reflected speeds to the incident speed of the solitary wave, the maximum force between the two neighbor beads in a solitary wave, and the total time taken by the pulse to pass through each branch. All of the analytic results are in good agreement with the experimental observations from Daraio et al. [Phys. Rev. E 82 036603 (2010)]. Moreover, we also discuss the delay effects on the arrival of split pulses, and predict the recombination of the split waves traveling in branches in the final stem of asymmetric systems. The prediction of pulse recombination is verified by our numerical results.