We study the regeneration of stellar bars triggered by a tidal interaction,
using numerical simulations of either purely stellar or stellar+gas disc
galaxies. We find that interactions which are sufficiently strong to regenerate
the bar in the purely stellar models do not lead to a regeneration in the
dissipative models, owing to the induced gas inflow in those models. In models
in which the bar can be regenerated, we find a tight correlation between the
strength and the pattern speed of the induced bar. This relation can be
explained by a significant radial redistribution of angular momentum in the
disc due to the interaction, similar to the processes and correlations found
for isolated barred spirals. We furthermore show that the regenerated bars show
the same dynamical properties as their isolated counterparts.Comment: 18 pages, 26 figures, accepted for publication in MNRA