Dry Friction: Theory, Analysis and Applications
A special issue of Machines (ISSN 2075-1702). This special issue belongs to the section "Friction and Tribology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (29 February 2024) | Viewed by 12635
Special Issue Editors
Interests: contact mechanics; friction; adhesion; functionally graded materials; biomechanics; rail vehicle dynamics; boundary element method; elasticity
Interests: contact mechanics; tribology; friction; wear; adhesion; boundary element method; three-body contact; hydrodynamic lubrication
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Dear Colleagues,
Although the fundamentals of dry friction were established long ago by figures such as da Vinci, Amontons, Euler, and Coulomb, as well as Bowden and Tabor, dry friction will always remain a subject of intensive research. Friction is present in virtually all physical systems, ranging from the nano- to the macroscale. Amongst the classical problems in mechanical engineering are friction-induced vibrations since they adversely affect the stable operation and performance of mechanical systems. Another serious problem is associated with cyclic microslip in the contact interfaces of any type of joints as it can cause excessive wear, resulting in surface damage and fretting fatigue failure. Friction-induced noise, on the other hand, such as automotive disk brake squeal or railway curve squeal, affects comfort. More modern applications include the use of stick–slip micro-drives as the basis for micro- and nanorobots, the deployment of friction-controlled tactile displays in surface haptics or tribotronic systems to control friction, wear and vibrations in order to improve the performance and reliability of tribological units.
This Special Issue aims to capture new insights and advances in the field of dry friction. We welcome original research papers that focus on theoretical and numerical studies as well as experimental investigations of classical and modern applications on different scales.
Dr. Markus Heß
Dr. Qiang Li
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- friction and wear mechanism
- fretting and fretting fatigue
- third body formation
- friction instabilities across scales
- friction stir welding and processing
- interaction of adhesion and friction
- numerical methods in tribology
- contact mechanics of layered and functionally graded materials
- falling friction and friction memory
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