%0 Journal Article
%A Lorenz, B.
%A Persson, B. N. J.
%T On the origin of why static or breakloose friction is larger than kinetic friction, and how to reduce it: the role of aging, elasticity and sequential interfacial slip
%J Journal of physics / Condensed matter
%V 24
%@ 0953-8984
%C Bristol
%I IOP Publ.
%M PreJuSER-22340
%P 225008
%D 2012
%Z We thank S Gorb for preparing for us figure 10. This work, as part of the European Science Foundation EUROCORES Program FANAS, was supported from funds by the DFG and the EC Sixth Framework Program, under contract N ERAS-CT-2003-980409.
%X We discuss the origin of static friction and show how it can be reduced towards kinetic friction by the appropriate design of the sliding system. The basic idea is to use elastically soft solids and apply the external forces in such a way that different parts of the contacting interface start to slip at different times during the (tangential) loading process. In addition, the local slip must be large enough in order to result in a strong drop in the static friction force. We illustrate the theoretical predictions with the results of a simple model experiment.
%K J (WoSType)
%F PUB:(DE-HGF)16
%9 Journal Article
%$ pmid:22580928
%U <Go to ISI:>//WOS:000304873300010
%R 10.1088/0953-8984/24/22/225008
%U https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/22340