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Nonlinear Dynamics of Dry Friction

chao-dyn 2009-10-30 v1 Chaotic Dynamics

Abstract

The dynamical behavior caused by dry friction is studied for a spring-block system pulled with constant velocity over a surface. The dynamical consequences of a general type of phenomenological friction law (stick-time dependent static friction, velocity dependent kinetic friction) are investigated. Three types of motion are possible: Stick-slip motion, continuous sliding, and oscillations without sticking events. A rather complete discussion of local and global bifurcation scenarios of these attractors and their unstable counterparts is present.

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@article{arxiv.chao-dyn/9707004,
  title  = {Nonlinear Dynamics of Dry Friction},
  author = {Franz-Josef Elmer},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:chao-dyn/9707004},
  year   = {2009}
}

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Written in RevTeX, uses the bezier style file, one PostScript figure, appears in Journal of Physics A

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