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The motion of an elastic string provides a good example of how to describe and how to model continuous media by using balance laws. It also illustrates the phenomena of standing waves and of travelling waves, which occur widely, in many different contexts.
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Parker, D.F. (2003). Motion of an Elastic String. In: Fields, Flows and Waves. Springer Undergraduate Mathematics Series. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-0019-5_5
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