Transition from static to kinetic friction: Insights from a 2D model

Details Transition from static to kinetic friction: Insights from a 2D model Transition from static to kinetic friction: Insights from a 2D model

2011-05-17

arxiv.org/abs/1105.3325v2

Physics

Classical Physics

5 pages, 4 figures, accepted for publication in Physical Review Letters

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We describe a 2D spring-block model for the transition from static to kinetic friction at an elastic slider/rigid substrate interface obeying a minimalistic friction law (Amontons-Coulomb). By using realistic boundary conditions, a number of previously unexplained experimental results on precursory micro-slip fronts are successfully reproduced. From the analysis of the interfacial stresses, we derive a prediction for the evolution of the precursor length as a function of the applied loads, as well as an approximate relationship between microscopic and macroscopic friction coefficients. We show that the stress build-up due to both elastic loading and micro-slip-related relaxations depend only weakly on the underlying shear crack propagation dynamics. Conversely, crack speed depends strongly on both the instantaneous stresses and the friction coefficients, through a non-trivial scaling parameter.

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