Propagation of deformation waves in wool felt

Autor: Anatoli Stulov, Dmitri Kartofelev
Rok vydání: 2014
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Zdroj: Acta Mechanica. 225:3103-3113
ISSN: 1619-6937
0001-5970
DOI: 10.1007/s00707-014-1109-1
Popis: The natural wool felt is becoming increasingly popular and important as a resource material in various applications. In this study, a constitutive equation that describes the deformation wave propagation in the felt material is derived using a hysteretic piano hammer model. A nonlinear partial differential equation with third-order terms that takes into account the elastic and hereditary properties of a microstructured felt is used to study a pulse propagation in the one-dimensional case. The boundary value problem is considered, and the numerical solution describing the strain wave propagation is provided. It is shown that the speed of a deformation wave increases with the growth of its amplitude. Also, the nonlinearity makes the front slope of a pulse steeper, which causes the eventual breaking of a pulse. The solution of the linear problem is analyzed, and the rate of the wave attenuation in the felt material is estimated.
Databáze: OpenAIRE