Influence of frozen capillary waves on contact mechanics

Details Influence of frozen capillary waves on contact mechanics Influence of frozen capillary waves on contact mechanics

2005-12-23

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0512604v1

Wear, 264 (2008) 746

Physics

Condensed Matter

Soft Condensed Matter

4 pages, 2 figures

Scientific paper

10.1016/j.wear.2006.10.028

Free surfaces of liquids exhibit thermally excited (capillary) surface waves. We show that the surface roughness which results from capillary waves when a glassy material is cooled below the glass transition temperature can have a large influence on the contact mechanics between the solids. The theory suggest a new explanation for puzzling experimental results [L. Bureau, T. Baumberger and C. Caroli, arXiv:cond-mat/0510232] about the dependence of the frictional shear stress on the load for contact between a glassy polymer lens and flat substrates. It also lend support for a recently developed contact mechanics theory.

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