(1) Department of Mathematics, College of Charleston, 66 George Street, Charleston, SC, 29424, U.S.A.;(2) Program in Applied Mathematics and Department of Mathematics, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 85721-0089, U.S.A.
Abstract:
Nonlinear amplitude equations for the near-threshold behavior of twisted extensible elastic rods under tension with inertial
and dissipative dynamics are derived. In the inertial case localized solutions to the amplitude equations are derived and
a linear stability criterion for the pulse solutions is obtained using the Hamiltonian formulation of the problem.