On the genesis of directional friction through bristle-like mediating elements

DOI10.1051/COCV/2017030zbMATH Open1365.74021arXiv1602.05611OpenAlexW3103074136MaRDI QIDQ5269842FDOQ5269842

Antonio DeSimone, Paolo Gidoni

Publication date: 28 June 2017

Published in: ESAIM: Control, Optimisation and Calculus of Variations (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We propose an explanation of the genesis of directional dry friction, as emergent property of the oscillations produced in a bristle-like mediating element by the interaction with microscale fluctuations on the surface. Mathematically, we extend a convergence result by Mielke, for Prandtl-Tomlinson-like systems, considering also non-homothetic scalings of a wiggly potential. This allows us to apply the result to some simple mechanical models, that exemplify the interaction of a bristle with a surface having small fluctuations. We find that the resulting friction is the product of two factors: a geometric one, depending on the bristle angle and on the fluctuation profile, and a energetic one, proportional to the normal force exchanged between the bristle-like element and the surface. Finally, we apply our result to discuss the with the nap/against the nap asymmetry.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1602.05611

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zbMATH Keywords

energy-dissipation principlerate-independent systemswiggly energy landscapedirectional dry frictionwith the nap/against the nap asymmetry

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Problems involving hysteresis in solids (74N30) Friction in solid mechanics (74M10) Theories of friction (tribology) (74A55)

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