A regularized continuum model for traveling waves and dispersive shocks of the granular chain
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| author | Yang, Su Biondini, Gino Chong, Christopher Kevrekidis, Panayotis G. |
| author_facet | Yang, Su Biondini, Gino Chong, Christopher Kevrekidis, Panayotis G. |
| contents | In this paper we focus on a discrete physical model describing granular crystals, whose equations of motion can be described by a system of differential difference equations (DDEs). After revisiting earlier continuum approximations, we propose a regularized continuum model variant to approximate the discrete granular crystal model through a suitable partial differential equation (PDE). We then compute, both analytically and numerically, its traveling wave and periodic traveling wave solutions, in addition to its conservation laws. Next, using the periodic solutions, we describe quantitatively various features of the dispersive shock wave (DSW) by applying Whitham modulation theory and the DSW fitting method. Finally, we perform several sets of systematic numerical simulations to compare the corresponding DSW results with the theoretical predictions and illustrate that the continuum model provides a good approximation of the underlying discrete one. |
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| spellingShingle | A regularized continuum model for traveling waves and dispersive shocks of the granular chain Yang, Su Biondini, Gino Chong, Christopher Kevrekidis, Panayotis G. Pattern Formation and Solitons In this paper we focus on a discrete physical model describing granular crystals, whose equations of motion can be described by a system of differential difference equations (DDEs). After revisiting earlier continuum approximations, we propose a regularized continuum model variant to approximate the discrete granular crystal model through a suitable partial differential equation (PDE). We then compute, both analytically and numerically, its traveling wave and periodic traveling wave solutions, in addition to its conservation laws. Next, using the periodic solutions, we describe quantitatively various features of the dispersive shock wave (DSW) by applying Whitham modulation theory and the DSW fitting method. Finally, we perform several sets of systematic numerical simulations to compare the corresponding DSW results with the theoretical predictions and illustrate that the continuum model provides a good approximation of the underlying discrete one. |
| title | A regularized continuum model for traveling waves and dispersive shocks of the granular chain |
| topic | Pattern Formation and Solitons |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.17874 |