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Static and Kinetic Friction

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Bodies in contact exert a force on each other. In the case of ideally smooth surfaces, this force acts perpendicularly to the contact plane. If the surfaces are rough, however, there may also be a tangential force component. Students will learn that this tangential component is a reaction force if the bodies adhere, and an active force if the bodies slip. After studying this chapter, students should be able to apply the Coulomb theory of friction to determine the forces in systems with contact.

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  1. TU Darmstadt Solid Mechanics, Hochschulstr. 1, 64289, Darmstadt, Germany

    Prof. Dr. Dietmar Gross

  2. TU Darmstadt Continuum Mechanics, Hochschulstr. 1, 64289, Darmstadt, Germany

    Prof. Dr. Werner Hauger

  3. Universität Duisburg-Essen Institute of Mechanics, Universitätsstr. 15, 45141, Essen, Germany

    Prof. Dr. Jörg Schröder

  4. TU München Numerical Mechanics, Boltzmannstr. 15, 85747, Garching, Germany

    Prof. Dr. Wolfgang A. Wall

  5. Faculty of Applied Sciences, Simon Fraser University, V5A 1S6, Burnaby, Canada

    Prof. Dr. Nimal Rajapakse

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Gross, D., Hauger, W., Schröder, J., Wall, W.A., Rajapakse, N. (2009). Static and Kinetic Friction. In: Engineering Mechanics 1. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-89937-2_10

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