Solitary wave expansion and impact decimation in short inverse tapered granular chains

Elinor Bogale; Surajit Sen

doi:10.1007/s10035-025-01601-z

Solitary wave expansion and impact decimation in short inverse tapered granular chains

Elinor Bogale
, Surajit Sen

Physics

SUNY Buffalo

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We present a simple, strongly nonlinear and short inverse tapered granular alignment (radii small to big) that can transform an impulse into a progressively wider and slower moving solitary wave. The system curiously also serves as an impact dispersion system for an impulse initiated at the smallest grain.

Original language	English
Article number	11
Journal	Granular Matter
Volume	28
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10035-025-01601-z
State	Published - Feb 2026

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Granular Chain, Tapered Chain, Solitary wave, Impact absorption

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