Self-Similarity of Friction Laws
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2009-10-22 v1 Chaotic Dynamics
Abstract
The change of the friction law from a mesoscopic level to a macroscopic level is studied in the spring-block models introduced by Burridge-Knopoff. We find that the Coulomb law is always scale invariant. Other proposed scaling laws are only invariant under certain conditions.}
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@article{arxiv.chao-dyn/9312004,
title = {Self-Similarity of Friction Laws},
author = {Maria de Sousa Vieira and Hans J. Herrmann},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:chao-dyn/9312004},
year = {2009}
}
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