Fig. 3.

(A) The on-site potential as a function of x and d, as determined via quasistatic 1D displacement-controlled simulations of an individual bistable element. Simulated values of (B) pulse velocity and (C) pulse width as a function of end-to-end distance d and connector stiffness k. (D) The measured energy landscape (A) of the individual bistable elements is combined with the simulated pulse widths (C) to compute an approximate energy barrier $E_{\text{tot}}$ for the entire propagating pulse (a function of both d and k).