Transition from static to dynamic friction in an array of frictional disks

The nature of an instability that controls the transition from static to dynamical friction is studied in the context of an array of frictional disks that are pressed from above on a substrate. In this case the forces are all explicit and Newtonian dynamics can be employed without any phenomenologic...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Charan, Harish, Chattoraj, Joyjit, Pica Ciamarra, Massimo, Procaccia, Itamar
Other Authors: School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: 2020
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10356/138032