Influence of Controlled Viscous Dissipation on the Propagation of Strongly Nonlinear Waves.pdfVIP

INFLUENCE OF CONTROLLED VISCOUS DISSIPATION 5 0 ON THE 0 PROPAGATION OF STRONGLY NONLINEAR WAVES IN 2 c STAINLESS STEEL BASED PHONONIC CRYSTALS e D ∗ ∗† † 2 Eric B. Herbold , Vitali F. Nesterenko and Chiara Daraio 2 ] ∗Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, t California 92093-0411, USA f o †Materials Science and Engineering Program, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, California s 92093-0418, USA . t a m Abstract. Strongly nonlinear phononic crystals were assembled from stainless steel spheres. Single solitary waves and - splitting of an initial pulse into a train of solitary waves were investigated in different viscous media using motor oil and d non-aqueous glycerol to introduce a controlled viscous dissipation. Experimental results indicate that the presence of a n viscous fluid dramatically altered the splitting of the initial pulse into a train of solitary waves. Numerical simulations o qualitatively describe the observed phenomena only when a dissipative term based on the relative velocity between particles c is introduced. [ 2 v 7 INTRODUCTION to a chain of particles. This paper extends current knowl- 6 edge of a two particle collision in a viscous medium to a 3 In rece