Nonlinear friction of a damped dimer sliding on a periodic substrate

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 70, Issue 19, 2004, Pages 1-5

  Goncalves S ^a,b   Kenkre, V M ^a   Bishop, A R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FRICTION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; SIMULATION; VELOCITY;

EID: 12344309920     PISSN: 01631829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.70.195415     Document Type: Article

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