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Normal shock reflection-transmission in rubber-like elastic material

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 February 2009

S. Kosinski
Affiliation:
Institute of Civil Engineering 1–32, Polytechnical University, Lodz, Poland.
B. Duszczyk
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of Papua New Guinea.
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Abstract

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A finite transverse shock wave propagates through an unbounded medium consisting of two joined incompressible elastic half-spaces of different material properties, in the direction normal to the plane interface. A semi-inverse method is used to examine the reflection-transmission of this wave at the interface. It is found that, depending on the material properties, the reflected wave is either a simple wave or a shock; the transmitted wave is always a shock.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1989

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