Breather modes of fully nonlinear mass-in-mass chains

Wattis, Jonathan A.D.

Abstract

We propose a model for a chain of particles coupled by nonlinear springs in which each mass has an internal mass and all interactions are assumed to be nonlinear. We show how to construct an asymptotic solution of this system using multiple timescales, the systematic solution of coupled equations by repeated application of a consistency condition. Our results show that for some combinations of nonlinearity the dynamics are governed by the NLS as in the more usual mass-in-mass chains with linear interactions between inner and outer masses. However, when both nonlinearities have quadratic components, we show that the asymptotic reduction results in a Ginzburg-Landau equation instead of NLS.

Citation

Wattis, J. A. (2022). Breather modes of fully nonlinear mass-in-mass chains. Physical Review E, 105(5), Article 054212. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.105.054212

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: May 12, 2022
• Online Publication Date: May 27, 2022
• Publication Date: May 1, 2022
• Deposit Date: May 30, 2022
• Publicly Available Date: May 30, 2022
• Journal: Physical Review E
• Print ISSN: 2470-0045
• Electronic ISSN: 2470-0053
• Publisher: American Physical Society (APS)
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 105
• Issue: 5
• Article Number: 054212
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.105.054212
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/8226880
• Publisher URL: https://journals.aps.org/pre/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevE.105.054212