WEN Zhen-Ying1, WANG Shun-Jin1, ZHANG Xiu-Ming2, LI Lei3
1Department of Physics, Sichuan University, Chengdu 6100642Department of Applied Physics, University of Electronic Science andTechnology of China, Chengdu 6100543School of Science, Southwest University of Science and Technology, Mianyang 621010
1Department of Physics, Sichuan University, Chengdu 6100642Department of Applied Physics, University of Electronic Science andTechnology of China, Chengdu 6100543School of Science, Southwest University of Science and Technology, Mianyang 621010
摘要We numerically study the interactions of solitary waves in granular media, by considering a chain of beads, which repel upon contact via the Hertz-type potential, V ∝ δn, with 5/2≤n≤3 and δ≥0, δ being the bead--bead overlap. There are two collision types of solitary waves, overtaking collision and head-on collision, in the chain of beads. Our quantitative results show that after collision the large solitary wave gains energy and the small one loses energy for overtaking type while the large one loses energy, and the small one gains energy for head-on type. The scattering effects decrease with n for overtaking collision whereas increase with n for head-on collision.
Abstract：We numerically study the interactions of solitary waves in granular media, by considering a chain of beads, which repel upon contact via the Hertz-type potential, V ∝ δn, with 5/2≤n≤3 and δ≥0, δ being the bead--bead overlap. There are two collision types of solitary waves, overtaking collision and head-on collision, in the chain of beads. Our quantitative results show that after collision the large solitary wave gains energy and the small one loses energy for overtaking type while the large one loses energy, and the small one gains energy for head-on type. The scattering effects decrease with n for overtaking collision whereas increase with n for head-on collision.
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