Strongly nonlinear waves in a chain of Teflon beads
- 6 July 2005
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review E
- Vol. 72 (1), 016603
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physreve.72.016603
Abstract
One-dimensional “sonic vacuum” type phononic crystals were assembled from a chain of polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE,Teflon) spheres with different diameters in a Teflon holder. It was demonstrated that this polymer-based sonic vacuum, with exceptionally low elastic modulus of particles, supports propagation of strongly nonlinear solitary waves with a very low speed. These solitary waves can be described using the classical nonlinear Hertz law despite the viscoelastic nature of the polymer and high strain rate deformation of the contact area. The experimentally measured speeds of solitary waves at high amplitudes are close to the theoretically estimated values with a Young’s modulus of obtained from shock wave experiments. This is significantly higher than the Young’s modulus of PTFE from ultrasonic measurements. Trains of strongly nonlinear solitary waves excited by an impact were investigated experimentally and were found to be in reasonable agreement with numerical calculations based on Hertz interaction law though exhibiting a significant dissipation.
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