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Existence of solitary waves in a nonlinear thermoelastic medium with prior deformations

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In a geometrically one-dimensional nonlinear formulation, the existence of solitary waves of deformations in nonlinear thermoelastic previously stressed medium is studied. The speed of propagation of the waves is shown to depend on the initial deformations.

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  1. V. I. Lenin Belorussian State University, Minsk

    M. D. Martynenko, Fam Shu Vin' & Nguen Dang Bik

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  1. M. D. Martynenko
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Translated from Inzhernerno-fizicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 61, No. 4, pp. 685–689, October, 1991.

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Martynenko, M.D., Vin', F.S. & Bik, N.D. Existence of solitary waves in a nonlinear thermoelastic medium with prior deformations. Journal of Engineering Physics 61, 1306–1309 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00872606

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