It has been shown experimentally that boundary friction is proportional to load (commonly
known as Amontons' law) for more than 500 years, and the fact that it holds true over many …

Adhesion and friction between solids in ambient air control applications such as precision
positioning and traction of tires. For all practical surfaces, the interfaces between solids are …

A novel multi-stage contact model of fractal rough surfaces is proposed in this paper. Actual
asperity deformation depending on contact degree is derived at length scale, based on …

Micro-textures applied on rubbing surfaces have gained tremendous attention in the
tribological community. Numerous studies deal with the deduction and testing of beneficial …

Earthquake prediction is fundamentally hampered by insufficient knowledge of the
constitutive behavior of faults. Laboratory and theoretical work by Dieterich (1978) and …

Classical laws of friction suggest that friction force is proportional to the normal load and
independent of the nominal contact area. As a great improvement in this subject, it is now …

The real contact area and separation between rough surfaces are significant parameters in
sealing, tribology, and lubrication. However, it is challenging to experimentally observe the …

Tribology—the study of contacting, sliding surfaces—seeks to explain the fundamental
mechanisms underlying friction, adhesion, lubrication, and wear, and to apply this …

We measure the static frictional resistance and the real area of contact between two solid
blocks subjected to a normal load. We show that following a two-step change in the normal …

It is of critical significance to accurately measure or predict the real contact areas between
rough solids in engineering. In this study, based on the frustrated total internal reflection …