Stick-Slip Motion and Phase Transition in a Block-Spring System
Chaotic Dynamics
2009-11-07 v1 Pattern Formation and Solitons
Abstract
We study numerically stick slip motions in a model of blocks and springs being pulled slowly. The sliding friction is assumed to change dynamically with a state variable. The transition from steady sliding to stick-slip is subcritical in a single block and spring system. However, we find that the transition is continuous in a long chain of blocks and springs. The size distribution of stick-slip motions exhibits a power law at the critical point.
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@article{arxiv.nlin/0210057,
title = {Stick-Slip Motion and Phase Transition in a Block-Spring System},
author = {Hidetsugu Sakaguchi},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:nlin/0210057},
year = {2009}
}
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