MODULATED SIMPLE WAVES: AN APPROACH TO ATTENUATED FINITE AMPLITUDE WAVES

Abstract

The paper describes some of the techniques which are currently being used to investigate finite amplitude waves in elastic and viscoelastic materials. In particular we show how the simple wave solutions, which describe finite amplitude plane progressing waves in elastic materials, may be modified to describe the effects of reflection from boundaries, deformations behind curved wave fronts, and the effects of locally small damping mechanisms.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1969
Accession Number
AD0691767

Entities

People

  • A. Trowbridge
  • E. Varley
  • M. P. Mortell

Organizations

  • Lehigh University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Amplitude
  • Boltzmann Equation
  • Boundaries
  • Differential Equations
  • Elastic Materials
  • Elastic Properties
  • Elastic Waves
  • Equations
  • Frequency
  • Materials
  • Mathematics
  • Mechanics
  • Standing Waves
  • Strain Rate
  • Stresses
  • Universities
  • Waves

Fields of Study

  • Mathematics

Readers

  • Combustion Dynamics and Shock Wave Physics.
  • Mechanical Engineering/Mechanics of Materials.
  • Plasma Physics / Magnetohydrodynamics