J. J. Rushchitsky

Wavelet and wave analysis as applied to materials with micro or nanostructure

Wavelets and Wavelet Analysis Materials with Internal Structure Analysis of Waves in Materials Analysis of Simple and Solitary Waves in Materials Computer Analysis of Solitary Elastic Waves.

Comparing the Evolution Characteristics of Waves in Nonlinearly Elastic Micro- and Nanocomposites with Carbon Fillers

A method is proposed for studying the evolution of plane waves in micro- and nanocomposite materials. This method permits comparing the evolutions of harmonic waves and produces results that are in agreement with data obtained earlier and with the metaphysical reasoning on the nanomechanics of composite materials

Cubic Nonlinearity in Elastic Materials: Theoretical Prediction and Computer Modelling of New Wave Effects

Our object of interest is nonlinear interaction of waves in elastic materials. The new model of a material is proposed that takes into account the mechanism of simultaneous quadratic and cubic nonlinear deformations. Introduction of cubic nonlinearity into the model makes the general wave picture more complicated and creates new possibilities for the wave analysis. We present four possibilities for the evolution of profiles of plane harmonic waves. It is noted that quadratic and cubic nonlinearities emerge first of all in the second and third harmonics generation, respectively. Further, we discuss the results of computer modelling of the wave profile evolution. The influence of the progress of second and third harmonics on the wave profile evolution is studied separately. We study separately how second and third harmonics influence the evolution of the wave profile. We also investigate how the progress of harmonics depends on the initial frequency and amplitude. We find two distinct schemes of the evolution progress: the scheme (in) with four stages for the second harmonics and the scheme with three stages for the third harmonics. As a result the influence of both harmonics could be observed simultaneously, and such a case is demonstrated in the paper. Nevertheless this phenomenon is not necessarily present in every material which explains the absence of experimental observations of the third harmonics by this time.

EVOLUTION EQUATIONS FOR PLANE CUBICALLY NONLINEAR ELASTIC WAVES

Consideration is given to the nonlinear theory of elastic waves with cubic nonlinearity. This nonlinearity is separated out, and the interaction of four harmonic waves is studied. The method of slowly varying amplitudes is used. The shortened and evolution equations, the first integrals of these equations (Manley–Rowe relations), and energy balance law for a set of four interacting waves (quadruplet) are derived. The interaction of waves is described using the wavefront reversal scheme

Elastic wavelets and their application to problems of solitary wave propagation

The paper can be referred to that direction in the wavelet theory, which was called by Kaiser the physical wavelets. He developed the analysis of first two kinds of physical wavelets - electromagnetic (optic) and acoustic wavelets. Newland developed the technique of application of harmonic wavelets especially for studying the harmonic vibrations. Recently Cattani and Rushchitsky proposed the 4th kind of physical wavelets - elastic wavelets. This proposal was based on three main elements: 1. Kaisers idea of constructing the physical wavelets on the base of specially chosen (admissible) solutions of wave equations. 2. Developed by one of authors theory of solitary waves (with profiles in the form of Chebyshov-Hermite functions) propagated in elastic dispersive media. 3. The theory and practice of using the wavelet Mexican Hat system, the mother and farther wavelets (and their Fourier transforms) of which are analytically represented as the Chebyshov-Hermite functions of different indexes. An application of elastic wavelets to studying the evolution of solitary waves of different shape during their propagation through composite materials is shown on many examples.