Wave propagation in nonlinear and hysteretic media - A numerical study

T. Meurer, J. Qu, L. J. Jacobs

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Abstract

This paper considers the problem of one dimensional wave propagation in nonlinear, hysteretic media. The constitutive law in the media is prescribed by an integral relationship based on the Duhem model of hysteresis. It is found that the well known nonlinear elastic stress-strain relationship is a special case of this integral relationship. It is also shown that the stress-strain relationship from the McCall and Guyer model of hyesteretic materials can also be derived from this integral stress-strain relationship. The first part of this paper focuses on a material with a quadratic stress-strain relationship, where the initial value problem is formulated into a system of conservation laws. Analytical solutions to the Riemann problem are obtained by solving the corresponding eigenvalue problem and serve as reference for the verification and illustration of the accuracy obtained using the applied numerical scheme proposed by Kurganov and Tadmor. The second part of this research is devoted to wave propagation in hysteretic media. Several types of initial excitations are presented in order to determine special characteristics of the wave propagation due to material nonlinearity and hysteresis. The results of this paper demonstrate the accuracy and the robustness of this numerical scheme to analyze wave propagation in nonlinear materials.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)5585-5614
Number of pages30
JournalInternational Journal of Solids and Structures
Volume39
Issue number21-22
DOIs
StatePublished - 23 Oct 2002

Keywords

  • Conservation law
  • High-resolution scheme
  • Hysteretic media
  • Integro-differential equations
  • Nonlinear media
  • Wave propagation

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