Domino waves

    Authors

    C. J. Efthimiou;M. D. Johnson

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    Abbreviated Journal Title

    SIAM Rev.

    Keywords

    dominoes; waves; modeling; mechanics; Mathematics, Applied

    Abstract

    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.

    Journal Title

    Siam Review

    Volume

    49

    Issue/Number

    1

    Publication Date

    1-1-2007

    Document Type

    Article

    Language

    English

    First Page

    111

    Last Page

    120

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000244514000010

    ISSN

    0036-1445

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