Coherent Structures in Granular Crystals From Experiment and Modelling to Computation and Mathematical Analysis /

• Main Authors: Chong, Christopher (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Kevrekidis, Panayotis G. (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Physics,
• Subjects: Amorphous substances.; Complex fluids.; Mathematical physics.; Physics.; Applied mathematics.; Engineering mathematics.; Structural materials.; Soft and Granular Matter, Complex Fluids and Microfluidics.; Mathematical Applications in the Physical Sciences.; Mathematical Methods in Physics.; Mathematical and Computational Engineering.; Structural Materials.

This book summarizes a number of fundamental developments at the interface of granular crystals and the mathematical and computational analysis of some of their key localized nonlinear wave solutions. The subject presents a blend of the appeal of granular crystals as a prototypical engineering teste...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction and Motivation of Models
• Shock Waves
• Traveling Solitary Waves
• Discrete (Dark) Breathers
• Heterogeneous Media
• Variations on the Theme
• Conclusions and Outlook.