On the speed of propagation of waves in a deformed elastic material

The secular equation is obtained for small amplitude waves propagated in an arbitrary direction in a body of incompressible isotropic elastic material subjected to a pure homogeneous deformation. Conditions are obtained that the wave speeds be real.

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Zusammenfassung Es wird die Säkulargleichung für Wellen kleiner Amplitude gewonnen, welche sich in beliebiger Richtung in einem inkompressiblen isotropen elastischen Material fortpflanzen, das einer reinen homogenen Deformation unterworfen ist. Es werden Bedingungen dafür aufgestellt, dass die Fortpflanzungsgeschwindigkeiten reell sind.

     

On the speed of propagation of waves in a deformed compressible elastic material

A sinusoidal wave of infinitesimal amplitude is propagated in an isotropic compressible elastic material subjected to a static pure homogeneous deformation. Necessary and sufficient conditions are obtained for the speed of propagation to be real in the case when the direction of propagation is parallel to a principal plane of the static deformation.

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Zusammenfassung Eine Sinuswelle mit infinitesimaler Amplitude pflanzt sich in einem isotropen kompressiblen elastischen Material fort, das einer rein homogenen statischen Deformation unterworfen ist. Es werden notwendige und hinreichende Bedingungen dafür erhalten, dass die Fortpflanzungsgeschwindigkeit bei Fortpflanzung parallel zu einer Hauptebene der statischen Deformation reell ist.

     

Waves in an Inhomogeneous Tube with a Flowing Two-Phase Fluid

Results of theoretical and mathematical justification of the problem on a pulsating flow of a two-phase barotropic bubbly fluid enclosed in an elastic semi-infinite cylindrical tube inhomogeneous along its length are presented. Linear one-dimensional equations are used. It is assumed that the tube is rigidly attached to the surrounding medium and therefore its displacement in the axial direction is absent. At infinity, the tube material is assumed to be homogeneous. To describe the pressure, flow rate, and displacement of the fluid, a pulsating pressure is given at the tube end. The problem stated is reduced to a singular Sturm-Liouville boundary-value problem, which in turn is reduced to a Volterra-type integral equation. This equation is solved by the method of successive approximations. By assuming that the corresponding potential is integrable, it is proved that these approximations converge to the exact solution of the problem. It is shown that this assumption also covers the very important practical case of piecewise inhomogeneity. For numerical realization, we consider a homogeneous tube with flowing water containing a small amount of bubbles. The effect of the volume content of bubbles on wave characteristics is revealed. In particular, it is stated that, for the oscillation regime selected, an increased bubble volume content decreases the wave velocity and considerably increases the flow speed (rate).     

微极各向同性弹性板中的Rayleigh-Lamb波

研究了无应力作用条件下，均匀、各向同性、圆柱形微极结构弹性板中波的传播．导出了对称和斜对称模式下波传播的特征方程．对短波这一极端情况，无应力圆板中对称和斜对称模态波的特征方程退化为Pmyle曲表面波频率方程．并得到薄板的计算结果．给出了位移和微转动分量，并绘制了相应图形．给出了若干特殊情况的研究结果及对称和斜对称模态特征方程的图示．     

Magneto-elastic torsional waves in a bar under initial stress

The magneto-elastic torsional wave in a bar under initial stress is studied. Most of the equations have been formulated on Biot’s incremental deformation theory and the initial stress has been taken in the form of uniform tension. Two cases have been considered: first when the material of the rod is homogeneous and second when it is non-homogeneous. In both the cases frequency equations for the wave have been calculated     

Amplitude modulation of nonlinear waves in a thick elastic tube filled with an inviscid fluid

In the present work, employing the nonlinear equations of an incompressible, isotropic and elastic thick tube and the approximate equations of an incompressible inviscid fluid, and then utilizing the reductive perturbation technique the amplitude modulation of weakly nonlinear waves is examined. It is shown that the amplitude modulation of these waves is governed by a nonlinear Schrödinger(NLS) equation. The range of modulational instability of the monochromatic wave solution with the initial deformation, material and geometrical characteristics is discussed for some elastic materials.     

Uniform strain field inside a non-circular inhomogeneity with homogeneously imperfect interface in anisotropic anti-plane shear

We re-examine the conclusion established earlier in the literature that in the presence of a homogeneously imperfect interface, the circular inhomogeneity is the only shape of inhomogeneity which can achieve a uniform internal strain field in an isotropic or anisotropic material subjected to anti-plane shear. We show that under certain conditions, it is indeed possible to design such non-circular inhomogeneities despite the limitation of a homogeneously imperfect interface. Our method proceeds by prescribing a uniform strain field inside a non-circular inhomogeneity via perturbations of the uniform strain field inside the analogous circular inhomogeneity and then subsequently identifying the corresponding (non-circular) shape via the use of a conformal mapping whose unknown coefficients are determined from a system of nonlinear equations. We illustrate our results with several examples. We note also that, for a given size of inhomogeneity, the minimum value of the interface parameter required to guarantee the desired uniform internal strain increases as the elastic constants of the inclusion approach those of the matrix. Finally, we discuss in detail the relationship between the curvature of the interface and the displacement jump across the interface in the design of such inhomogeneities.     

Resonant wave motion in a non-homogeneous system

A nonlinear theory of resonant wave motion in an inhomogeneous system (arising from different mechanical applications) is considered. Depending on the magnitude of the influence of inhomogeneity two different situations are encountered. The system may behave either as a nonlinear one-degree-of-freedom oscillator exhibiting a response curve with either soft or hard spring behaviour or for a sufficiently small influence of inhomogeneity, there are periodic shock waves in a certain frequency band about the linear resonance frequency, a phenomenon that is familiar from homogeneous systems like a gas filled tube being excited close to resonance.     

Solitary wave solution for inhomogeneous nonlinear Schrödinger system with loss/gain

This paper deals with the propagation of solitons in real fibres, governed by the system of inhomogeneous nonlinear Schrödinger (INLS) equations. The Painlevé singularity structure analysis is utilized to check for the integrability of the system and from the analysis, the system is found to admit soliton-type lossless wave propagation. The system is transformed to its homogeneous counterpart using a suitable variable transformation and the soliton solutions are obtained through Bäcklund transformation after constructing the explicit Lax pair for the system. The one-soliton solutions are plotted for different choices of inhomogeneity parameters and the evolutionary characteristics of the solutions are analyzed.     

三维弹性固体中冲击波传输方程的Lagrange描述

在Lagrange坐标中导出了三维非线性弹性固体中冲击波幅度在任意传播方向上的传输方程.导出的方程说明,冲击波的幅度在任意传播方向上随时间的变化率依赖于(i)冲击波阵面紧后方介质运动的一个未知量;(ii)冲击波阵面的两个主曲率;(iii)冲击波法向波速在阵面内的表面梯度;(iv)和冲击波前方介质运动有关的非齐次项,当前方介质处于均匀运动状态时此项为零.文中指出了适当选择传播矢量以简化传输方程的几种方法.我们还得到了一组与介质本构方程无关的、联系冲击波各跳跃量变化率的普适关系.     

Propagation of SH‐wave in an initially stressed orthotropic medium sandwiched by a homogeneous and an inhomogeneous semi‐infinite media

The paper presents a study of propagation of shear wave (SH‐wave) in an orthotropic elastic medium under initial stress sandwiched by a homogeneous semi‐infinite medium and an inhomogeneous half‐space. The technique of separation of variables has been adopted to get the analytical solutions for the dispersion relation in a closed form. The propagation of SH‐waves is influenced by inhomogeneity parameters and initial stress parameter. Velocities of SH‐waves are calculated numerically for different cases. As a special case when the intermediate layer and half‐space are homogeneous, computed frequency equation coincides with general equation of Love wave. To study the effect of inhomogeneity parameters and initial stress parameter, we have plotted the velocity of SH‐wave in several figures and observed that the velocity of wave decreases with the increases of non‐dimensional wave number. It can be found that the phase velocity decreases with the increase of inhomogeneity parameters. We observed that the velocity of SH‐wave decreases with the increases of initial stress parameter in both homogeneous and inhomogeneous media. GUI has been developed by using MATLAB to generalize the effect of the parameters discussed. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Optimization method in problems of acoustic cloaking of material bodies

Optimization problems for a three-dimensional model of acoustic scattering are formulated and studied. These problems arise in designing tools for cloaking material bodies by applying the wave flow method. The cloaking effect is achieved due to an optimal choice of variable parameters of the inhomogeneous isotropic medium occupying the sought shell. The solvability of direct and optimization problems for the acoustic scattering model is proved, and sufficient conditions ensuring the uniqueness and stability of optimal solutions are established.     

Radial deformation of a nonhomogeneous spherically isotropic elastic sphere with a concentric spherical inclusion

The elasticity of a spherically isotropic medium bounded by two concentric spherical surfaces subjected to normal pressures is discussed. The material of the structure is spherically isotropic and, in addition, is continuously inhomogeneous with mechanical properties varying exponentially as the square of the radius. An exact solution of the problem in terms of Whittaker functions is presented. The St. Venant’s solution in the case of homogeneous material and Lamé’s solution in the case of homogeneous isotropic material are derived from the general solution. The problem of a solid sphere of the same medium under the external pressure is also solved as a particular case of the above problem. Finally, the displacements and stresses of a composite sphere consisting of a solid spherical body made of homogeneous material and a nonhomogeneous concentric spherical shell covering the inclusion, both of them being spherically isotropic, are obtained when the sphere is under uniform compression.     

Effect of inhomogeneity in energy transfer through alpha helical proteins with interspine coupling

The dynamics of homogeneous and inhomogeneous alpha helical proteins with interspine coupling is under investigation in this paper by proposing a suitable model Hamiltonian. For specific choice of parameters, the dynamics of homogeneous alpha helical proteins is found to be governed by a set of completely integrable three coupled derivative nonlinear Schrödinger (NLS) equations (Chen–Lee–Liu equations). The effect of inhomogeneity is understood by performing a perturbation analysis on the resulting perturbed three coupled NLS equation. An equivalent set of integrable discrete three coupled derivative NLS equations is derived through an appropriate generalization of the Lax pair of the original Ablowitz–Ladik lattice and the nature of the energy transfer along the lattice is studied.     

Transmission eigenvalue problem for inhomogeneous absorbing media with mixed boundary condition

Consider the transmission eigenvalue problem for the wave scattering by a dielectric inhomogeneous absorbing obstacle lying on a perfect conducting surface. After excluding the purely imaginary transmission eigenvalues, we prove that the transmission eigenvalues exist and form a discrete set for inhomogeneous non-absorbing media, by using analytic Fredholm theory. Moreover, we derive the Faber-Krahn type inequalities revealing the lower bounds on real transmission eigenvalues in terms of the media parameters. Then, for inhomogeneous media with small absorption, we prove that the transmission eigenvalues also exist and form a discrete set by using perturbation theory. Finally, for homogeneous media, we present possible components of the eigenvalue-free zone quantitatively, giving the geometric understanding on this problem.     

On the Fredholm property of the electric field equation in the vector diffraction problem for a partially screened solid

We consider a vector problem of diffraction of an electromagnetic wave on a partially screened anisotropic inhomogeneous dielectric body. The boundary conditions and the matching conditions are posed on the boundary of the inhomogeneity domain, and under passage through it, the medium parameters have jump changes. A boundary value problem for the system of Maxwell equations in unbounded space is studied in a semiclassical statement and is reduced to a system of integro-differential equations on the body domain and the screen surfaces. We show that the quadratic form of the problem operator is coercive and the operator itself is Fredholm with zero index.     

Coupling of numerical Green''s matrix and boundary integral equations for the elastodynamic analysis of inhomogeneous bodies on an elastic half-space

A coupled system of integral equations (of the domain and boundary types) is formulated for the elastodynamic response analysis of a locally inhomogeneous body on a homogeneous elastic half-space. The method uses the fundamental solution for homogeneous elastostatics in the inhomogeneous domain owing to the lack of a fundamental solution in inhomogeneous elastodynamics.

The integral representation of displacements in the inhomogeneous domain is formulated with the help of this elastostatic fundamental solution by considering the term induced by the inhomogeneity of materials and the acceleration term as the body force term. Then the Green's matrix is obtained numerically from this integral representation and combined with the ordinary boundary integral equations, which are valid in the exterior homogeneous half-space.

Some numerical examples show the efficiency and the versatility of this coupled method.     

An Erratum in the Paper “A Plane Shear Wave Excited in an Elastic Half-Space by Oscillating Normal Pressure Distributed Nonuniformly”

Excitation of an elastic half-space by an oscillating normal load nonuniformly distributed over its surface is considered. The medium is assumed to be linear, isotropic, and homogeneous. Exterior load distribution is smooth, and the scale of its variation is small compared to wavelengths. A simple expression that describes the shear wave with plane front set, running away from the surface, is found. This wave vanishes if the load is uniform. Bibliography: 1 title.     

Analysis and optimization in problems of cloaking of material bodies for the Maxwell equations

We consider control problems for the 3D Maxwell equations describing electromagnetic wave scattering in an unbounded inhomogeneous medium that contains a permeable isotropic obstacle with cloaking boundary. Such problems arise when studying cloaking problems by the optimization method. The boundary coefficient occurring in the impedance boundary condition plays the role of a control. We study the solvability of the control problem and derive optimality systems that describe necessary conditions for the extremum. By analyzing the constructed optimality systems, we justify sufficient conditions imposed on the input data providing the uniqueness and stability of optimal solutions.