Thermalizing an impulse

We study the propagation of an impulse through a finite chain of N elastic beads in which the grain diameters progressively shrink by a factor q. We show that it should be possible to construct “tapered” chains that can effectively thermalize shock waves.

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Year of publication:	2001
Authors:	Sen, Surajit ; Manciu, Felicia S. ; Manciu, Marian
Published in:	Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications. - Elsevier, ISSN 0378-4371. - Vol. 299.2001, 3, p. 551-558
Publisher:	Elsevier

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Type of publication:	Article
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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