Change in the amplitude of strong discontinuity wave propagating in a rod made of Murnaghan material

Abstract

Abstract The paper presents calculations of the change in amplitude of strong discontinuity wave propagating in a thin rod made of hyperelastic Murnaghan material. Two functions were assumed for the calculations, describing the change of the cross-section of the rod with the constant scaling parameter?for both decreasing cross-sections of the analysed steel rods. A numerical analysis was performed based on analytical solutions. The analytical form of solution for both rods with decreasing cross-sections allowed for preparation of contour maps for the propagating wave of strong discontinuity. Furthermore, the changes in the relative amplitude of the propagating shock wave in a thin rod were determined for two rods analysed in the study, for which the differences in the values of the relative amplitude in the final cross-section were found.