858 citations
3 papers
cond-mat.mtrl-sci2005★ 148 cited
Rubber friction on wet and dry road surfaces: the sealing effect
B. N. J. Persson, U. Tartaglino, O. Albohr +1
Rubber friction on wet rough substrates at low velocities is typically 20-30% smaller than for the corresponding dry surfaces. We show that this cannot be due to hydrodynamics and…
cond-mat.mtrl-sci2005★ 858 cited
On the nature of surface roughness with application to contact mechanics, sealing, rubber friction and adhesion
B. N. J. Persson, O. Albohr, U. Tartaglino +2
Surface roughness has a huge impact on many important phenomena. The most important property of rough surfaces is the surface roughness power spectrum C(q). We present surface roug…
cond-mat.mtrl-sci2004★ 45 cited
Sealing is at the Origin of Rubber Slipping on Wet Roads
B. N. J. Persson, U. Tartaglino, O. Albohr +1
Loss of braking power and rubber skidding on a wet road is still an open physics problem, since neither the hydrodynamical effects nor the loss of surface adhesion that are sometim…