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Excellent, thanks Chet. So does this mean that, during the release wave, the rod is in tension with stress of equal magnitude to that during the compression? Thanks

Thanks for your response Chet. I would greatly appreciate it if you would show how to derive the analytical solution for the situation you described. Thanks!

I don't really understand how to calculate the stress in a deformable body that is unconstrained and acted on by an external force. For example, consider a rod with a circular cross-section lying parallel to the x-axis. If one end is constrained from translating in the x direction and the other...