The Role of Adsorbed Water on the Friction of a Layer of Submicron Particles

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 168, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2325-2334

  Sammis, Charles G ^a   Lockner, David A ^b   Reches, Ze'ev ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

A-COEFFICIENT; ADSORBED WATER; ADSORBED WATER LAYERS; AVERAGE LIFETIME; COEFFICIENT OF FRICTIONS; DIRECT CONTACT; EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATION; FORCE CHAINS; FRICTIONAL HEATING; HIGH-SPEED; NORMAL FRICTION; NORMAL STRESS; PARTICLE RADII; PARTICLE TEMPERATURE; ROLE OF ADSORBED WATER; ROTATING SPHERES; SIMPLE SHEAR; SLIP SPEED; SLIP VELOCITY; SUB-MICRON PARTICLES; THICK LAYERS; WATER LAYERS;

EXTRUSION; FRICTION; SHEAR FLOW; TRIBOLOGY;

SPEED;

ADSORPTION; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; EXTRUSION; FRICTION; PARTICLE SIZE; SHEAR STRAIN; SLIP RATE; STRESS FIELD; VAPORIZATION; WATER;

EID: 84857547790     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: 14209136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-011-0324-0     Document Type: Article

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