TY  - JOUR
AU  - Persson, B. N. J.
TI  - Relation between interfacial separation and load: A general theory of contact mechanics
JO  - Physical review letters
VL  - 99
SN  - 0031-9007
CY  - College Park, Md.
PB  - APS
M1  - PreJuSER-23199
SP  - 125502
PY  - 2007
N1  - Record converted from VDB: 12.11.2012
AB  - 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.
KW  - J (WoSType)
LB  - PUB:(DE-HGF)16
UR  - <Go to ISI:>//WOS:000249668000039
DO  - DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.99.125502
UR  - https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/23199
ER  -