Friction occurs in all mechanical systems,e.g. bearings, transmissions, hydraulic and pneumatic cylinders, valves, brakes and wheels. Friction appears at the physical interface between two surfaces in contact. Lubricants such as grease or oil are often used but the there may also be a dry contact between the surfaces. Friction is strongly influenced by contaminations. There is a wide range of p...

This paper examines friction as a function of the sliding velocity and applied normal load from air to UHV in a scanning force microscope (SFM) experiment in which a sharp silicon tip slides against a flat Si(100) sample. Under ambient conditions, both surfaces are covered by a native oxide, which is hydrophilic. During pump-down in the vacuum chamber housing the SFM, the behavior of friction a...

This paper models the effects of different contact formations and compliant motion on haptic rendering, taking into account friction and gravity. When a held rigid object interacts with another rigid object (in a task such as assembly), the force and moment felt by the operator at any instant depend not only on the contact region but also on the type of the contact state and the type of motion ...

Adhesion and friction between metallic materials are of importance to many dynamic mechanical systems, particularly to those at nanoor micro-scales. Under light loads, friction is mainly dependent on the adhesion between two surfaces in contact, to which valence electrons have the predominant contribution. However, the correlation between the electronic behavior and adhesion as well as friction...

The existence and (non-)uniqueness of rigid multibody problems with impact, contact and friction is discussed by means of the renowned Painlevé paradox. Different approaches to solve such contact problems, their pros and cons and their connections are discussed.

The existence and (non-)uniqueness of rigid multibody problems with impact, contact and friction is discussed by means of the renowned Painlevé paradox. Different approaches to solve such contact problems, their pros and cons and their connections are discussed.

This paper presents an investigation into spreading dynamics and dynamic contact angle of TiO2-deionized water nanofluids. Two mechanisms of energy dissipation, (1) contact line friction and (2) wedge film viscosity, govern the dynamics of contact line motion. The primary stage of spreading has the contact line friction as the dominant dissipative mechanism. At the secondary stage of spreading,...

High performance robust motion and force tracking control of robot manipulators in contact with sti surfaces is considered in this paper. The robot parameters and the sti ness of the contact surface may not be known. The system may also be subjected to uncertain nonlinearities coming from the joint friction of the robot, external disturbances, the contact surface friction model, and the unknown...