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The nonlinear nature of friction

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  • Michael Urbakh

    (Tel-Aviv University)

  • Joseph Klafter

    (Tel-Aviv University)

  • Delphine Gourdon

    (University of California at Santa Barbara)

  • Jacob Israelachvili

    (University of California at Santa Barbara)

Abstract

Tribology is the study of adhesion, friction, lubrication and wear of surfaces in relative motion. It remains as important today as it was in ancient times, arising in the fields of physics, chemistry, geology, biology and engineering. The more we learn about tribology the more complex it appears. Nevertheless, recent experiments coupled to theoretical modelling have made great advances in unifying apparently diverse phenomena and revealed many subtle and often non-intuitive aspects of matter in motion, which stem from the nonlinear nature of the problem.

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  • Michael Urbakh & Joseph Klafter & Delphine Gourdon & Jacob Israelachvili, 2004. "The nonlinear nature of friction," Nature, Nature, vol. 430(6999), pages 525-528, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:430:y:2004:i:6999:d:10.1038_nature02750
    DOI: 10.1038/nature02750
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