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Influence of frozen capillary waves on contact mechanics
B. N. J. Persson
Free surfaces of liquids exhibit thermally excited (capillary) surface waves. We show that the surface roughness which results from capillary waves when a glassy material is cooled…
A multiscale Molecular Dynamics approach to Contact Mechanics
C. Yang, U. Tartaglino, B. N. J. Persson
The friction and adhesion between elastic bodies are strongly influenced by the roughness of the surfaces in contact. Here we develop a multiscale molecular dynamics approach to co…
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…
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…