3 papers
cond-mat.soft2026
Adhesion-controlled sliding and the Stribeck curve in hydrophobic soft contacts
Ruibin Xu, Charlotte Spies, Michele Scaraggi +1
We present an experimental and theoretical study of dry and glycerol-lubricated sliding for polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) cylinders with different surface roughness sliding on pol…
physics.geo-ph2025
Granite sliding on granite: friction, wear rates, surface topography, and the scale-dependence of rate-state effects
Sergey V. Sukhomlinov, Martin H. Müser, B. N. J. Persson
We study tribological granite-granite contacts as a model for tectonic faulting, combining experiments, theory, and molecular dynamics simulations. The high friction in this system…
cond-mat.soft2024
Sliding wear: role of plasticity
Ruibin Xu, B. N. J. Persson
We present experimental wear data for polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) sliding on tile, sandpaper, and polished steel surfaces, as well as for soda-lime, borosilicate, and quartz gla…