The Lissajous transformation is extended to any finite combination of harmonic oscillators and for any resonance mode. An example shows how normalization after a Lissajous transformation leads to a geometric characterization of the reduced phase space.

A hierarchical Korteweg–de Vries-type evolution equation is applied for modelling wave propagation in dilatant granular materials. The model equation is integrated numerically under sech2-type initial conditions using the Fourier transform-based pseudospectral method. Numerical simulations are...

We examine how nonlinear dispersion relations (NLDR) can be used as a simple, universal algebraic tool to provide information for the localized, nonlinear solutions of PDE that model physical systems. Such scaling relations between width, amplitude and velocity are of great help for numerical...

The Mindlin model and hierarchical approach by Engelbrecht and Pastrone are used for modelling 1D wave propagation in microstructured solids. After introducing the free energy function, one gets from Euler–Lagrange equations a system of equations of motion. Making use of the slaving principle,...