Meanings
adjectiveintersonic (not comparable)
- not comparablenatural sciencesHaving a speed between that of the dilational wave and the shear wave
We demonstrate that if the coefficient of friction is high enough, the sliding localizes within stick-slip pulses, which transform into opening waves propagating at intersonic speed in the direction of sliding or, for high Poisson's ratios, at supersonic speed in the opposite one.
2015, Vladislav A. Yastrebov, “Sliding without slipping under Coulomb friction: opening waves and inversion of frictional force”, in arXiv
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