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Chin. Phys. B, 2018, Vol. 27(4): 044501    DOI: 10.1088/1674-1056/27/4/044501
ELECTROMAGNETISM, OPTICS, ACOUSTICS, HEAT TRANSFER, CLASSICAL MECHANICS, AND FLUID DYNAMICS Prev   Next  

Head-on collision between two solitary waves in a one-dimensional bead chain

Fu-Gang Wang(王扶刚)1, Yang-Yang Yang(杨阳阳)1, Juan-Fang Han(韩娟芳)1,2, Wen-Shan Duan(段文山)1,2
1. Institute of Modern Physics & College of Physics and Electronic Engineering and Joint Laboratory of Atomic and Molecular Physics of Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou 730070, China;
2. Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China
Abstract  The head on collision between two opposite propagating solitary waves is studied in the present paper both numerically and analytically. The interesting result is that no phase shift is observed which is different from that found in other branches of physics. It is found that the maximum amplitude in the process of the head on collision is close to the linear sum of two colliding solitary waves.
Keywords:  discrete system      bead chain      solitary waves  
Received:  24 November 2017      Revised:  12 January 2018      Accepted manuscript online: 
PACS:  45.05.+x (General theory of classical mechanics of discrete systems)  
  05.45.-a (Nonlinear dynamics and chaos)  
  45.70.-n (Granular systems)  
Fund: Project supported by the National Magnetic Confinement Fusion Science Program of China (Grant No. 2014GB104002), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 11647313), the Youth Science and Technology Foundation of Gansu Province, China (Grant No. 1606RJYA263), and the Institutes of Higher Education Institutions of Gansu Province, China (Grant No. 2015B-022).
Corresponding Authors:  Wen-Shan Duan     E-mail:  duanws@nwnu.edu.cn

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Fu-Gang Wang(王扶刚), Yang-Yang Yang(杨阳阳), Juan-Fang Han(韩娟芳), Wen-Shan Duan(段文山) Head-on collision between two solitary waves in a one-dimensional bead chain 2018 Chin. Phys. B 27 044501

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