Shear Thinning in the Prandtl Model and Its Relation to Generalized Newtonian Fluids
The Prandtl model is certainly the simplest and most generic microscopic model describing solid friction. It consists of a single, thermalized atom attached to a spring, which is dragged past a sinusoidal potential representing the surface energy corrugation of a counterface. While it was primarily...
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MDPI AG
2020-03-01
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| Series: | Lubricants |
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| Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4442/8/4/38 |