The Tribology of Sliding Elastic Media
Condensed Matter
2009-10-28 v2
Abstract
The tribology of a sliding elastic continuum in contact with a disordered substrate is investigated analytically and numerically via a bead-spring model. The deterministic dynamics of this system exhibits a depinning transition at a finite driving force, with complex spatial-temporal dynamics including stick-slip events of all sizes. These behaviors can be understood completely by mapping the system to the well-known problem of a directed-path in {\em higher-dimensional } random media.
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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9603073,
title = {The Tribology of Sliding Elastic Media},
author = {D. Cule and T. Hwa},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9603073},
year = {2009}
}
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