Traveling waves in trimer granular lattice I: Bifurcation structure of traveling waves in the unit-cell model

• Published in: Communications in nonlinear science & numerical simulation Vol. 38; pp. 8 - 22
• Main Authors: K.R., Jayaprakash, Shiffer, A., Starosvetsky, Y.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 01.09.2016
• Subjects: Bifurcations; Dynamical systems; Granular trimers; Mathematical models; Nonlinear dynamics; Nonlinear normal modes; Nonlinearity; Traveling waves; Trimers; Unit cell; Granular trimers; Nonlinear normal modes; Traveling waves; Bifurcations

•We consider periodic motions of one unit cell of granular trimer under zero pre-compression with periodic boundary conditions.•We study the evolution of traveling waves and standing waves in granular trimer.•This study unveils the peculiar bifurcation structure of traveling waves emerging in granul...