https://doi.org/10.1007/s100510050795
Energy dissipation in solid friction
École Normale Supérieure de Lyon, Laboratoire de
Physique (CNRS URA 1325) , 46 allée d'Italie, 69364 Lyon Cedex 07, France
Received:
9
November
1998
Published online: 15 June 1999
Dissipation in solid friction is studied as a function of the elastic properties of the two sliding surfaces. The two surfaces have been constructed by embedding macroscopic asperities in an elastic layer. It is shown that when the surfaces are rigid the energy dissipation is smaller than in the elastic case. The scaling of the friction force as a function of the asperity number is also studied.
PACS: 46.30.Pa – Friction, wear, adherence, hardness, mechanical contacts, and tribology / 05.70.Ln – Nonequilibrium thermodynamics, irreversible processes
© EDP Sciences, Società Italiana di Fisica, Springer-Verlag, 1999
