Snow friction results from a mixture of processes. With little meltwater present, the surfaces are partially separated and, when too much water is present, the contact area increases and there may be capillary attachments. Slider thermal conductivity and even colour are very important. Heat is generated by friction and solar radiation absorbtion and is conducted away by both slider and ice part...

We analyze the shear strength and microstructure of binary granular mixtures consisting of disks and elongated particles by varying systematically both the mixture ratio and degree of homogeneity (from homogeneous to fully segregated). The contact dynamics method is used for numerical simulations with rigid particles interacting by frictional contacts. A counterintuitive finding of this work is...

To demonstrate the influence of sliding friction of motion on a curve, a circular path is considered for simplicity on which a person slides from the highest point to the lowest point. A slide which represents a quadrant of radius 5 m and a person of mass 60 kg are considered for comparison in this paper. A Differential equation for motion considering the fact that the normal force depends both...

B = Einstein absorption coefficient E = total energy, P ns s s es 12 uiui , J=m g = electronic state degeneracy H = shape factor, = , dimensionless h = specific enthalpy, J=kg h = Planck’s constant h = enthalpy of formation, J=kg I = radiative intensity,W=cm-sr J = diffusive mass flux, kg=m s Le = Lewis number, dimensionless M = Mach number, dimensionless n = number density, m 3 p = pressure, P...

Cp = heat capacity at constant pressure, J= K kg Cv = heat capacity at constant volume, J= K kg c = concentration, mol=m E = total energy, J=m H = shape factor, = , dimensionless h = specific enthalpy, J=kg h = heat of formation, J=kg J = diffusive mass flux, kg=m s Keq = equilibrium constant k = reaction rate coefficient Le = Lewis number, dimensionless M = Mach number, dimensionless ns = tota...

Flow resistance of natural grasses, sedges and willows was studied in a laboratory flume. The objective was to investigate, how type, density and placement of vegetation, flow depth and velocity influence friction losses. The plants were studied in various combinations under nonsubmerged and submerged conditions in a total of 350 test runs. The results show large variations in the friction fact...

This study takes a new look at carbon-based ion-plasma coatings (DLC) deposited on steel substrate from acetylene and methylsiloxane gas mixture. The most remarkable result to emerge X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy is surface-to-substrate decrease in the "diamond" electron configuration of carbon sp3. A set tribological tests showed noticeable coefficient friction. Surprisingly, there was no i...

[1] Dynamical predictions of landslide runout require measurements of the basal friction. Here we present the first seismically determined bounds on the frictional coefficients for three large volcanic landslides. The three landslides (Bezymianny, Russia 1956, Sheveluch, Russia 1964 and Mount St. Helens, USA 1980) have masses that vary by a factor of 5 and were all followed immediately by erupt...

In this paper, robust adaptive NN control is investigated for small form factor hard disk drives which is mainly used in mobile applications. The hysteresis friction nonlinearity from the pivot bearing degrades the servo performance, as hard disk drive servo system operates in track-following mode. To deal with the effect of hysteresis friction nonlinearity, adaptive hysteresis friction compens...