The study of granular crystals, which are nonlinear metamaterials that consist of closely
packed arrays of particles that interact elastically, is a vibrant area of research that combines …

In this comprehensive review we present, discuss, and compare a number of theoretical
approaches to the propagation of impulses in granular chains found in the literature …

We study the dynamic response of uniform granular chains composed of short cylindrical
particles excited by an impulse. The particles in the chains are arranged with their axes …

This study describes the dynamic response of a two-dimensional hexagonal packing of
uncompressed stainless steel spheres excited by localized impulsive loadings. The …

The extension of collision models for single impacts between two bodies, to the case of
multiple impacts (which take place when several collisions occur at the same time in a …

We investigate the propagation and scattering of highly nonlinear waves in disordered
granular chains composed of diatomic (two-mass) units of spheres that interact via Hertzian …

We study the spreading of initially localized excitations in one-dimensional disordered
granular crystals. We thereby investigate localization phenomena in strongly nonlinear …

We study experimentally the interaction between two solitary waves that approach one
another in a linear chain of spheres interacting via the Hertz potential. When these …

The study of disorder-induced frequency filtering is presented for one-dimensional systems
composed of random, pre-stressed masses interacting through both linear and nonlinear …

We study wave propagation in strongly nonlinear one-dimensional diatomic granular
crystals under an impact load. Depending on the mass ratio of the “light” to “heavy” beads …