@article{31c544ec0cbe428187d632d64d8645c4,
title = "Transition waves in bistable structures. I. Delocalization of damage",
abstract = "A nonmonotonic piecewise linear constitutive relation for each link consists of two stable branches separated by a gap of zero resistance was proposed. Chains of dimensionless masses connected by breakable bistable links were considered. It was shown that the chain of such strongly non-linear elements has an increased in-the-large stability under extension in comparison with a conventional chain. The parameters of the structures were optimized in order to improve its resistance to a slow loading. It was also shown that the dissipation is a function of the gap between the stable branches.",
keywords = "Asymptotic analysis, Bistable-bond chain, Dynamics, Phase transition",
author = "Andrej Cherkaev and Elena Cherkaev and Leonid Slepyan",
note = "Funding Information: This research was supported by ARO Grant No. 41363-MA, NSF Grant No. DMS-0072717, and The Israel Science Foundation, Grants No. 28/00-3 and No. 1155/04.",
year = "2005",
month = feb,
doi = "10.1016/j.jmps.2004.08.002",
language = "אנגלית",
volume = "53",
pages = "383--405",
journal = "Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids",
issn = "0022-5096",
publisher = "Elsevier Ltd.",
number = "2",
}