Domino waves

被引:16
作者
Efthimiou, C. J. [1 ]
Johnson, M. D. [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Cent Florida, Dept Phys, Orlando, FL 32816 USA
关键词
dominoes; waves; modeling; mechanics;
D O I
10.1137/S0036144504414505
中图分类号
O29 [应用数学];
学科分类号
070104 ;
摘要
Motivated by a proposal of Daykin [Problem 71-19*, SIAM Rev., 13 (1971) pp. 569-570], we study the wave that propagates along an infinite chain of dominoes and find the limiting speed of the wave in an extreme case.
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页码:111 / 120
页数:10
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