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Rubber friction on (apparently) smooth lubricated surfaces
M. Mofidi, B. Prakash, B. N. J. Persson +1
We study rubber sliding friction on hard lubricated surfaces. We show that even if the hard surface appears smooth to the naked eye, it may exhibit short wavelength roughness, whic…
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…
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…