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Detachment fronts and the onset of dynamic friction

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  • Shmuel M. Rubinstein

    (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Givat Ram)

  • Gil Cohen

    (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Givat Ram)

  • Jay Fineberg

    (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Givat Ram)

Abstract

The dynamics of friction have been studied for hundreds of years, yet many aspects of these everyday processes are not understood. One such aspect is the onset of frictional motion (slip). First described more than 200 years ago as the transition from static to dynamic friction, the onset of slip is central to fields as diverse as physics1,2,3, tribology4,5, mechanics of earthquakes6,7,8,9,10,11 and fracture12,13,14. Here we show that the onset of frictional slip is governed by three different types of coherent crack-like fronts: these are observed by real-time visualization of the net contact area that forms the interface separating two blocks of like material. Two of these fronts, which propagate at subsonic and intersonic velocities, have been the subject of intensive recent interest12,13,14,15,16,17. We show that a third type of front, which propagates an order of magnitude more slowly, is the dominant mechanism for the rupture of the interface. No overall motion (sliding) of the blocks occurs until either of the slower two fronts traverses the entire interface.

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  • Shmuel M. Rubinstein & Gil Cohen & Jay Fineberg, 2004. "Detachment fronts and the onset of dynamic friction," Nature, Nature, vol. 430(7003), pages 1005-1009, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:430:y:2004:i:7003:d:10.1038_nature02830
    DOI: 10.1038/nature02830
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    1. Plans, I. & Carpio, A. & Bonilla, L.L., 2009. "Toy nanoindentation model and incipient plasticity," Chaos, Solitons & Fractals, Elsevier, vol. 42(3), pages 1623-1630.
    2. Sara Beth L. Cebry & Chun-Yu Ke & Srisharan Shreedharan & Chris Marone & David S. Kammer & Gregory C. McLaskey, 2022. "Creep fronts and complexity in laboratory earthquake sequences illuminate delayed earthquake triggering," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-9, December.
    3. Peng Dong & Kaiwen Xia & Ying Xu & Derek Elsworth & Jean-Paul Ampuero, 2023. "Laboratory earthquakes decipher control and stability of rupture speeds," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-11, December.
    4. Songlin Shi & Meng Wang & Yonatan Poles & Jay Fineberg, 2023. "How frictional slip evolves," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-10, December.

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