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Force of friction between fractal rough surface and elastomer

V. L. Popov^a, A. E. Filippov<sup>b

a</sup> Berlin Technical University, D-10623, Berlin, Germany
^b Galkin Donetsk Institute for Physics and Engineering, Donetsk

Abstract: The force of friction between a fractal rough surface and a model elastomer has been numerically simulated using the method of dimensionality reduction. For elastomers, in which the imaginary part of the complex shear modulus is much greater than the real part, the friction coefficient is proportional to the mean square gradient of the solid surface profile. The empirical value of the proportionality coefficient is close to unity.

Received: 02.02.2010

 English version: Technical Physics Letters, 2010, 36:6, 525–527

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