ABSTRACT
A small oscillating tail was recognised in simulations behind a solitary wave after collision. The study of reflection allowed the preparation of the experiments in head-on collisions. Amplitude and pulse width are proportional to the wave velocity in contrast to linear wave parameters. The experimental arrangement also allowed to prove the steepening of wave front and smoothening of its back. The solitary strain waves of permanent shape and power are good candidates for: Deformation energy transfer that may be used to improve various anti-shock structures: small shock can provide a soliton generation and a hazardous energy transfer without loss in working area. Use in shock-transparent materials applicable in chemical reactors and other places where a reversible energy pulse is necessary to start another process. Impact manufacturing in engineering and applied physics for contactless penetration, for design of strikers for hard, resistive and diamond-like materials, plastics and glass, because the repeated loading is possible without plastic flow of material of striker.
