Wave–wave interactions in a periodic chain with quadratic nonlinearity

Two waves are studied using perturbation analysis for their interactions in an one-dimensional periodic structure with quadratic nonlinearity. A first-order multiple-scales analysis along with numerical simulations on the full chain are used to understand the interaction of two waves when one is the sub- or super-harmonic of the other. The strength of quadratic nonlinearity affects the rate at which the energy is exchanged between the two waves. Depending on parameters and energy states, the interactions between the waves are periodic or whirling and result in quasi-periodic combined propagating waves with either phase drifts or weakly phase-locking properties. The analysis suggests the possibility of the existence of emergent wave harmonics. Due to quadratic nonlinearity, a very small amplitude subharmonic or superharmonic wave mode can drift in its phase, and then burst out with a larger amplitude as it circumnavigates a separatrix. Depending on the parameters and wave numbers, the amplitude of this emergent wave burst can have varying significance.     

Nonlinear flexural waves in fluid–filled elastic channels

Nonlinear waves on liquid sheets between thin infinite elastic plates are studied analytically and numerically. Linear and nonlinear models are used for the elastic plates coupled to the Euler equations for the fluid. One-dimensional time-dependent equations are derived based on a long-wavelength approximation. Inertia of the elastic plates is neglected, so linear perturbations are stable. Symmetric and mixed-mode travelling waves are found with the linear plate model and symmetric travelling waves are found for the nonlinear case. Numerical simulations are employed to study the evolution in time of initial disturbances and to compare the different models used. Nonlinear effects are found to decrease the travelling wave speed compared with linear models. At sufficiently large amplitude of initial disturbances, higher order temporal oscillations induced by nonlinearity can lead to thickness of the liquid sheet approaching zero.     

Quadratically Nonlinear Cylindrical Hyperelastic Waves: Derivation of Wave Equations for Plane-Strain State

A method is proposed for deriving nonlinear wave equations that describe the propagation and interaction of hyperelastic cylindrical waves. The method is based on a rigorous approach of nonlinear continuum mechanics. Nonlinearity is introduced by means of metric coefficients, Cauchy-Green strain tensor, and Murnaghan potential and corresponds to the quadratic nonlinearity of all basic relationships. For a configuration (state) dependent on the radial and angle coordinates and independent of the axial coordinate, quadratically nonlinear wave equations for stresses are derived and stress-strain relationships are established. Four ways of introducing physical and geometrical nonlinearities to the wave equations are analyzed. For one of the ways, the nonlinear wave equations are written explicitly__________Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika,Vol. 41, No. 5, pp. 40–51, May 2005.     

Modeling cylindrical waves in nonlinear elastic composites

A procedure of deriving nonlinear wave equations that describe the propagation and interaction of hyperelastic cylindrical waves in composite materials modeled by a mixture with two elastic constituents is outlined. Nonlinearity is introduced by metric coefficients, Cauchy-Green strain tensor, and Murnaghan potential. It is the quadratic nonlinearity of all governing relations. For a configuration (state) dependent on the radial coordinate and independent of the angular and axial coordinates, quadratically nonlinear wave equations for stresses are derived and a relationship between the components of the stress tensor and partial strain gradient is established. Four combinations of physical and geometrical nonlinearities in systems of wave equations are examined. Nonlinear wave equations are explicitly written for three of the combinations __________ Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika, Vol. 43, No. 6, pp. 63–72, June 2007.     

Quadratically Nonlinear Cylindrical Hyperelastic Waves: Derivation of Wave Equations for Axisymmetric and Other States

A rigorous approach of nonlinear continuum mechanics is used to derive nonlinear wave equations that describe the propagation and interaction of hyperelastic cylindrical waves. Nonlinearity is introduced by means of metric coefficients, the Cauchy—Green strain tensor, and the Murnaghan potential and corresponds to the quadratic nonlinearity of all basic relationships. Quadratically nonlinear wave equations are derived for three states (configurations): (i) axisymmetric configuration dependent on the radial and axial coordinates and independent of the angular coordinate, (ii) configuration dependent on the angular coordinate, and (iii) axisymmetric configuration dependent on the radial coordinate. Four ways of introducing physical and geometrical nonlinearities to the wave equations are analyzed. Six different systems of wave equations are written __________ Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika, Vol. 41, No. 6, pp. 72–84, June 2005.     

Self-switching of displacement waves in elastic nonlinearly deformed materialsSelf-commutation d'ondes de déplacement dans les milieux élastiques non-linéaires

The problem of self-switching plane waves in elastic nonlinearly deformed materials is formulated. Reduced and evolution equations, which describe the interaction of two waves the power pumping wave and the faint signal wave are obtained. For the case of wave numbers matching the pumping and signal waves, a procedure of finding the exact solution of evolution equations is described. The solution is expressed by elliptic Jacobi functions. The existence of the power wave self-switching is shown and commented. To cite this article: J. Rushchitsky, C. R. Mecanique 330 (2002) 175–180.     

Weakly nonlinear long waves in a prestretched Blatz-Ko cylinder: Solitary, kink and periodic waves

This paper studies nonlinear waves in a prestretched cylinder composed of a Blatz-Ko material. Starting from the three-dimensional field equations, two coupled PDEs for modeling weakly nonlinear long waves are derived by using the method of coupled series and asymptotic expansions. Comparing with some other existing models in literature, an important feature of these equations is that they are consistent with traction-free surface conditions asymptotically. Also, the material nonlinearity is kept to the third order. As these two PDEs are quite complicated, the attention is focused on traveling waves, for which a first-order system of ODEs are obtained. We use the technique of dynamical systems to carry out the analysis. It turns out that the system is three parameters (the prestretch, the propagating speed and an integration constant) dependent and there are totally seven types of phase planes which contain trajectories representing bounded traveling waves. The parametric conditions for each phase plane are established. A variety of solitary and periodic waves are found. An important finding is that kink waves can propagate in a Blatz-Ko cylinder. We also find that one type of periodic waves has an interesting feature in the profile slope. Analytical expressions for all bounded traveling waves are obtained.     

Plane Waves in Cubically Nonlinear Elastic Media

The theory of plane waves in nonlinear materials described by the Murnaghan potential is proposed. The theory takes into account both the classical quadratic nonlinearity and the cubic nonlinearity of the basic wave equations. Some new opportunities for the wave interaction analysis are commented on: in addition to the second harmonics, a longitudinal plane wave generates the third one, a transverse plane wave generates the third harmonics, and horizontally and vertically polarized transverse plane waves jointly generate new waves     

A higher‐order Boussinesq‐type model with moving bottom boundary: applications to submarine landslide tsunami waves

A two‐dimensional depth‐integrated numerical model is developed using a fourth‐order Boussinesq approximation for an arbitrary time‐variable bottom boundary and is applied for submarine‐landslide‐generated waves. The mathematical formulation of model is an extension of (4,4) Padé approximant for moving bottom boundary. The mathematical formulations are derived based on a higher‐order perturbation analysis using the expanded form of velocity components. A sixth‐order multi‐step finite difference method is applied for spatial discretization and a sixth‐order Runge–Kutta method is applied for temporal discretization of the higher‐order depth‐integrated governing equations and boundary conditions. The present model is validated using available three‐dimensional experimental data and a good agreement is obtained. Moreover, the present higher‐order model is compared with fully potential three‐dimensional models as well as Boussinesq‐type multi‐layer models in several cases and the differences are discussed. The high accuracy of the present numerical model in considering the nonlinearity effects and frequency dispersion of waves is proven particularly for waves generated in intermediate and deeper water area. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

A σ‐coordinate non‐hydrostatic model with embedded Boussinesq‐type‐like equations for modeling deep‐water waves

A σ‐coordinate non‐hydrostatic model, combined with the embedded Boussinesq‐type‐like equations, a reference velocity, and an adapted top‐layer control, is developed to study the evolution of deep‐water waves. The advantage of using the Boussinesq‐type‐like equations with the reference velocity is to provide an analytical‐based non‐hydrostatic pressure distribution at the top‐layer and to optimize wave dispersion property. The σ‐based non‐hydrostatic model naturally tackles the so‐called overshooting issue in the case of non‐linear steep waves. Efficiency and accuracy of this non‐hydrostatic model in terms of wave dispersion and nonlinearity are critically examined. Overall results show that the newly developed model using a few layers is capable of resolving the evolution of non‐linear deep‐water wave groups. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Rayleigh wave in a quadratic nonlinear elastic half-space (Murnaghan model)

The nonlinear equations that underlie the analysis of classical Rayleigh waves are derived for the two-dimensional case of nonlinear elastic deformation described by the Murnaghan model. In addition to the case of presence of both geometrical and physical nonlinearities, two special cases are considered where one only type of nonlinearity is taken into account. It is shown that unlike the one-dimensional problems for plane waves where only three types of nonlinear interaction should be allowed for, the two-dimensional problems should include 24 types of nonlinear interaction. In the case of geometrical nonlinearity alone, a preliminary analysis of the nonlinear equations is carried out. Second-order equations are derived. The second approximation includes the second harmonics of the wave itself and its attenuating amplitude and is nonlinearly dependent on the initial amplitude of the Rayleigh wave and linearly increasing with the distance traveled by the wave     

Degenerate weakly non-linear elastic plane waves

Weakly non-linear plane waves are considered in hyperelastic crystals. Evolution equations are derived at a quadratically non-linear level for the amplitudes of quasi-longitudinal and quasi-transverse waves propagating in arbitrary anisotropic media. The form of the equations obtained depends upon the direction of propagation relative to the crystal axes. A single equation is found for all propagation directions for quasi-longitudinal waves, but a pair of coupled equations occurs for quasi-transverse waves propagating along directions of degeneracy, or acoustic axes. The coupled equations involve four material parameters but they simplify if the wave propagates along an axis of material symmetry. Thus, only two parameters arise for propagation along an axis of twofold symmetry, and one for a threefold axis. The transverse wave equations decouple if the axis is fourfold or higher. In the absence of a symmetry axis it is possible that the evolution equations of the quasi-transverse waves decouple if the third-order elastic moduli satisfy a certain identity. The theoretical results are illustrated with explicit examples.     

WAVE PROPAGATION IN ELECTROSTRICTIVE MATERIALS UNDER BIASED FIELDS

I. INTRODUCTION Di?erent from piezoelectricity which is a linear coupling between mechanical and electric ?elds andcan only exist in anisotropic materials[1], electrostriction refers to the quadratic dependence of strainor stress on electric ?elds[2,3] …     

Internal waves in a two‐layer system using fully nonlinear internal‐wave equations

In order to understand the nonlinear effect in a two‐layer system, fully nonlinear strongly dispersive internal‐wave equations, based on a variational principle, were proposed in this study. A simple iteration method was used to solve the internal‐wave equations in order to solve the equations stably. The applicability of the proposed numerical computation scheme was confirmed to agree with linear dispersion relation theoretically obtained from variational principle. The proposed computational scheme was also shown to reproduce internal waves including higher‐order nonlinear effect from the analysis of internal solitary waves in a two‐layer system. Furthermore, for the second‐order numerical analysis, the balance of nonlinearity and dispersion was found to be similar to the balance assumed in the KdV theory and the Boussinesq‐type equations. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Parametric interaction of acoustic waves in micro-inhomogeneous media with hysteretic nonlinearity and relaxation

A theoretical investigation of parametric processes that arise as a result of the interaction of powerful and weak longitudinal acoustic waves in micro-inhomogeneous media with hysteretic nonlinearity and relaxation was carried out. The case of degenerate interaction between a powerful high-frequency wave and a weak low-frequency one was considered. The nonlinear damping coefficient and the carrier frequency phase delay of the weak wave propagating under the action of the powerful wave were determined.     

Propagation and interaction of non-linear elastic plane waves in soft solids

Using the perturbation method of weakly non-linear asymptotics we analyze the propagation and interaction of elastic plane waves in a model of a soft solid proposed by Hamilton et al. [Separation of compressibility and shear deformation in the elastic energy density, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 116 (2004) 41-44]. We derive the evolution equations for the wave amplitudes and find analytical formulas for all interaction coefficients of quadratically non-linear interacting waves. We show that in spite of the assumption of almost incompressibility used in Hamilton et al. [Separation of compressibility and shear deformation in the elastic energy density, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 116 (2004) 41-44], the model behaves essentially like that of a compressible isotropic material. Both the structure of the equations and the interaction patterns are similar. The models differ, however, in the elastic constants that characterize them, and hence the values of the coefficients in the evolution equations and the values of the interaction coefficients differ.     

On the influence of material properties on the wave propagation in Mindlin-type microstructured solids

A mathematical model describing 1D wave propagation in Mindlin-type microstructured solids with nonlinearities in the macro- and microscale is used for studying propagation of solitary waves in such media. The results could be used for the stress analysis as well as for the nondestructive testing of material properties. The model equations are solved numerically under the localized initial conditions and periodic boundary conditions by the pseudospectral method. It is demonstrated how the values of the model parameters influence the wave propagation, the evolution and the interaction of waves under the framework of considered models. For this reason the solutions of the model equations are compared under different parameter combinations against one fixed combination of material parameters which is called ‘the reference case’.     

Shock waves in saturated thermoelastic porous media

The objective of this paper is to develop and present the macroscopic motion equations for the fluid and the solid matrix, in the case of a saturated porous medium, in the form of coupled, nonlinear wave equations for the fluid and solid velocities. The nonlinearity in the equations enables the generation of shock waves. The complete set of equations required for determining phase velocities in the case of a thermoelastic solid matrix, includes also the energy balance equation for the porous medium as a whole, as well as mass balance equations for the two phase. In the special case of a rigid solid matrix, the wave after an abrupt change in pressure propagates only through the fluid.