Abstract The responses of a simple harmonically excited dry friction oscillator are analysed in the case when coefficients static and kinetic different. One- two-parameter bifurcation curves determined at suitable parameters by continuation method largest Lyapunov exponents obtained solutions estimated. It is shown that chaotic can occur broad parameter domains—even realistic parameters—that ti...

Here we are concerned with the Darcy-Forchheimer three-dimensional flow of carbon nanotubes in a rotating frame. Flow is generated by stretching of the surface. Xue model is adopted for nanofluid transport mechanism. Results for single wall carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) and multi wall carbon nanotubes are achieved and compared. Flow saturating porous space obeys Darcy-Forchheimer expression. Bounda...

A contact/friction isoparametric finite element for the analysis of connections between laminated composite plates is presented. The element is compatible with a three-dimensional plate element based on layer-wise constant shear theory. The contact/friction element is based on a simple regularization of the unilateral contact with an orthotropic Coulomb friction problem. Two different friction ...

In this paper are presented the influences of the adhesion forces occurring in hyperbolic micro contact on the oil velocity and friction forces in hyper bolic micro bearing gap. Here are elaborated the dependences between adhesive forces and oil dynamic viscosity in super t hin boundary layer and in fluences of adhesive forces on the oil velocities and friction forces in microand nano-scale ari...

OBJECTIVE This study tests the hypothesis that the natural progression of osteoarthritis (OA) in human joints leads to an increase in the friction coefficient. This hypothesis is based on the expectation that the wear observed in OA may be exacerbated by higher friction coefficients. A corollary hypothesis is that healthy synovial fluid (SF) may help mitigate the increase in the friction coeffi...

1. Three men and seven women, 25-40 yr of age, were asked to use the thumb and index fingers to grasp, lift, and hold the armature of a linear motor generating a 2.0-N opposing force (simulating an object weighing approximately 200 g) for 2 s. The surface in contact with the fingers was composed of smooth or polyamide plastic etched with 1.0-mm high Braille beads separated at 2.0- or 3.0-mm int...

Flow resistance due to vegetation may greatly affect the conveyance of a channel, and thus evaluating the resistance is a critical task in river engineering and restoration. Therefore, flow resistance of natural willows and sedges was studied in a laboratory flume. The aim was to investigate, how type, density and combination of vegetation, flow depth and velocity influence vegetal drag or fric...