General relations for waves in one-dimensional elastic systems

Common features inherent in waves propagating in one-dimensional elastic systems are pointed out. Local laws of energy and wave momentum transfer when the Lagrangian of an elastic system depends on the generalized coordinates and their derivatives up to the second order inclusive are presented. It is shown that in a reference system moving with the phase velocity, the ratio of the energy flux density to the wave momentum flux density is equal to the phase velocity. It is established that for systems, the behaviour of which is described by linear equations or by nonlinear equations in the unknown function, the ratio of the mean values of the energy flux density to the wave momentum density is equal to the product of the phase and group velocities of the waves.