Simple microscopic theory of Amonton's laws for static friction

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 86, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 1295-1298

  Müser, Martin H ^a   Wenning, Ludgar ^a   Robbins, Mark O ^b  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; SURFACES;

AMONTON LAWS; FRICTION COEFFICIENT; MICROSCOPIC THEORY; STATIC FRICTION;

FRICTION;

EID: 0043200788     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.86.1295     Document Type: Article

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