TY - GEN
T1 - What causes low friction; what causes high friction
AU - Zhu, Y. Elaine
AU - Granick, Steve
PY - 2005
Y1 - 2005
N2 - The design of tribological interfaces is often motivated by a quest to minimize friction and wear. Among the many strategic design principles that have been developed to this end, the simple idea of decoupling factional force from normal load is especially attractive. Recent work from this laboratory demonstrates that under certain conditions, it is possible to reduce this coupling significantly with the result that the friction coefficient appears to be very low. However, the materials design requirements to achieve this end are rather stringent. Furthermore, modern methods enable one under some conditions to measure directly the structure and motions of lubricants during tribological sliding.
AB - The design of tribological interfaces is often motivated by a quest to minimize friction and wear. Among the many strategic design principles that have been developed to this end, the simple idea of decoupling factional force from normal load is especially attractive. Recent work from this laboratory demonstrates that under certain conditions, it is possible to reduce this coupling significantly with the result that the friction coefficient appears to be very low. However, the materials design requirements to achieve this end are rather stringent. Furthermore, modern methods enable one under some conditions to measure directly the structure and motions of lubricants during tribological sliding.
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U2 - 10.1115/wtc2005-64173
DO - 10.1115/wtc2005-64173
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:33144476823
SN - 0791842029
SN - 9780791842027
T3 - Proceedings of the World Tribology Congress III - 2005
SP - 505
EP - 506
BT - Proceedings of the World Tribology Congress III - 2005
PB - American Society of Mechanical Engineers
T2 - 2005 World Tribology Congress III
Y2 - 12 September 2005 through 16 September 2005
ER -