Theory of friction: on the origin of the stick-slip motion of lubricated surfaces

✍ Scribed by B.N.J. Persson

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1996
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 597 KB
• Volume: 254
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0009-2614
• DOI: 10.1016/0009-2614(96)00245-x

✦ Synopsis

The origin of the stick-slip motion of a block sliding on a surface with a molecular thin lubrication film is discussed. A linear instability analysis is presented of the equations proposed by Carlson and Batista and the boundary line in the dynamical phase diagram, separating stick-slip motion from steady sliding, is determined.