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1 Introduction: What is all that about? |
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1 | (8) |
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9 | (10) |
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9 | (1) |
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2.2 What is a wave equation? |
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10 | (2) |
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2.3 What is needed for wave motion? |
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12 | (2) |
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2.4 How to measure waves? |
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14 | (3) |
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2.5 Why does the wave equation need to be modified? |
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17 | (2) |
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19 | (24) |
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3.1 What must be known before modelling? |
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19 | (2) |
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3.2 What are the general principles for modelling? |
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21 | (3) |
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3.3 How to model waves in homogeneous materials? |
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24 | (3) |
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3.4 How to modify wave equations for homogeneous solids? |
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27 | (3) |
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3.5 How to model waves in heterogeneous materials? |
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30 | (13) |
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4 What are internal variables? A. Berezovski answers |
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43 | (28) |
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4.1 What are internal structures in terms of internal variables? |
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43 | (2) |
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4.2 How to use internal variables in continuum mechanics? |
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45 | (10) |
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4.3 How to model elastic waves using the concept of internal variables? |
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55 | (6) |
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4.4 How to model thermoelastic waves using the concept of internal variables? |
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61 | (5) |
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4.5 How to model the effects of microdeformation and microtemperature simultaneously? |
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66 | (5) |
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5 What are evolution equations? |
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71 | (20) |
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5.1 What is the difference between wave equations and evolution equations? |
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71 | (2) |
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5.2 How to derive evolution equations? |
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73 | (7) |
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5.3 What are examples of evolution equations? |
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80 | (11) |
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6 What physical effects are involved? |
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91 | (60) |
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6.1 What kind of questions should be asked? |
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91 | (1) |
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6.2 Are there analytic solutions to wave or evolution equations? |
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92 | (8) |
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6.3 What is the hierarchy of waves? |
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100 | (7) |
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6.4 What are dispersive effects in wave motion? |
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107 | (7) |
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6.5 How does dispersion affect wave profiles? |
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114 | (9) |
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6.6 What is the result of dispersive and nonlinear effects in wave motion? |
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123 | (12) |
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6.7 What are special features in terms of emergence and interaction of solitons? |
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135 | (16) |
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7 What physical mechanisms govern waves in non-conservative systems? |
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151 | (24) |
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7.1 What kind of models describe non-conservative systems? |
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151 | (4) |
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7.2 What happens with solitons in non-conservative systems? |
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155 | (9) |
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7.3 Are nerve pulses solitary waves? |
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164 | (8) |
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7.4 What is the influence of thermal effects? |
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172 | (3) |
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8 What is complexity of waves? |
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175 | (10) |
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8.1 Why do we need the concept of complexity? |
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175 | (5) |
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8.2 What are further questions to be asked? |
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180 | (2) |
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8.3 What could be noted finally? |
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182 | (3) |
References |
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185 | (10) |
Index |
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