%0 Journal Article
%A Persson, B. N. J.
%T Relation between interfacial separation and load: A general theory of contact mechanics
%J Physical review letters
%V 99
%@ 0031-9007
%C College Park, Md.
%I APS
%M PreJuSER-23199
%P 125502
%D 2007
%Z Record converted from VDB: 12.11.2012
%X I study the contact between a rigid solid with a randomly rough surface and an elastic block with a flat surface. I derive a relation between the (average) interfacial separation u and the applied normal squeezing pressure p. I show that, for nonadhesive interaction and small applied pressure, p similar to exp(-u/u(0)), in good agreement with recent experimental observations.
%K J (WoSType)
%F PUB:(DE-HGF)16
%9 Journal Article
%U <Go to ISI:>//WOS:000249668000039
%R 10.1103/PhysRevLett.99.125502
%U https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/23199