The Integrability and Modification to an Auxiliary Function Method for Solving the Strain Wave Equation of a Flexible Rod with a Finite Deformation

Abstract

Our study focuses on the governing equation of a finitely deformed flexible rod with strain waves. By utilizing the well-known Ablowita–Ramani–Segur (ARS) algorithm, we prove that the equation is non-integrable in the Painlevé sense. Based on the bifurcation theory for planar dynamical systems, we modify an auxiliary equation method to obtain a new systematic and effective method that can be used for a wide class of non-linear evolution equations. This method is summed up in an algorithm that explains and clarifies the ease of its applicability. The proposed method is successfully applied to construct wave solutions. The developed solutions are grouped as periodic, solitary, super periodic, kink, and unbounded solutions. A graphic representation of these solutions is presented using a 3D representation and a 2D representation, as well as a 2D contour plot.

Keywords

• Painlevé analysis
• bifurcation theory
• kink
• soliton
• elastic rods