Abstract
In connection with microscopic solid friction phenomena, we study the underdamped dynamics of a driven Frenkel– Kontorova chain subject to a substrate potential defined by the sum of two sinusoidal function with different periodicity. We simulate microscopic sliding over quasiperiodic and multiple-well (periodic) substrates. We comment on the nature of the particle dynamics in the vicinity of the pinning–depinning transition point and consider the role played by the coverage variable on the depinning mechanism. We also investigate on the different nonlinear excitations forming during sliding and characterizing the dynamical states observed at different strengths of the imposed driving. The dependence of the static friction on the ratio of the model interaction strengths is analyzed. � 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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