Shock wave due to the short-period impact in one-dimensional plasticity bead chain Tao Liang, Yang Yang, Yu-Ren Shi, Juan-Fang Han, Wen-Shan Duan and Xin Jiang Eur. Phys. J. E, 41 8 (2018) 96 Published online: 27 August 2018 DOI: 10.1140/epje/i2018-11704-x