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In this paper, special Blatz—Ko nonlinear elastic materials are considered, which are characterized by a constitutive constant and a constitutive function. We here deal with the propagation of finite-amplitude waves in such materials subjected to an arbitrary static homogeneous deformation. In a previous paper, it was shown that linearly polarized transverse damped inhomogeneous plane waves may propagate. The orthogonal propagation and polarization directions are arbitrary. The special Blatz—Ko materials are compressible so that homogeneous longitudinal waves may also propagate. Here it is shown that the superposition of a transverse damped inhomogeneous wave and of a longitudinal wave is also a solution, in the case when the propagation direction of the longitudinal wave is orthogonal to the polarization direction of the transverse wave. Also, results are obtained for the energy density and the energy flux of the superposition of these waves.

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finite elasticity exact wave solutions rubberlike materials homogeneous and inhomogeneous plane waves

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Superposition of transverse and longitudinal finite-amplitude waves in a deformed Blatz—Ko Material

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