STRESS WAVE PROPAGATION IN FINITE VISCOELASTIC THIN ROD WITH A CONSTITUTIVE LAW OF THE HEREDITARY TYPE,

Abstract

The paper is concerened with stress wave propagation in a finite viscoelastic rod made of material which obeys a constitutive law of a general hereditary type. The method of perturbation about a Maxwell body solution, which was used to analyse the wave propagation in a semi-infinite rod, is extended to deal with reflections of stress fronts at both ends of the rod. A numerical illustration of propagation of stress discontinuities in a finite rod made of Polyisobutylene is included. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1964
Accession Number
AD0602909

Entities

People

  • K. C. Valanis
  • Shi Chang

Organizations

  • Purdue University

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Discontinuities
  • Materials
  • Mechanical Properties
  • Perturbations
  • Physical Properties
  • Reflection
  • Stress Waves
  • Stresses
  • Wave Propagation
  • Waves

Fields of Study

  • Engineering
  • Mathematics

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science / Meteorology, specifically Wind Wave Turbulence.
  • Finite Element Method (FEM) for solving Partial Differential Equations (PDEs)
  • Structural Dynamics.