INFLUENCE OF NONLINEAR INTERACTIONS
AND BOUNDARY EFFECTS ON THE PROPAGATION
OF ENERGY IN A ONE-DIMENSIONAL PARTICLE CHAIN

V. S. Vikhrenko and S. V. Dubinin

UDC 536.24.01

A one-dimensional system (chain) of particles interacting 
with each other and with the substrate has been investigated by the 
method of computer modeling. Particles at the boundaries of the chain, 
which are considered separately, represent self-oscillating systems. 
The influence of the parameters of a system on the transfer of energy 
by the chain has been studied; the behavior of the system in the transient 
and steady-state regimes of motion has been investigated. It has been 
shown that the stationary states of the system are characterized by 
a nonuniform distribution of the average particle velocities (temperatures) 
squared over the chain's length. A correlation between the increase 
in the thermal resistance of a system and the enhancement of its structurization 
has been established.

Belarusian State Technological University, 13a Sverdlov 
Str., Minsk, 220050, Belarus; email: vvikhre@bstuunibel.by. Translated 
from Inzhenerno-Fizicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 78, No. 1, pp. 94-100, 
January-February, 2005. Original article submitted June 5, 2004.