TY - JOUR AU - Tiwari, A. AU - Dorogin, L. AU - Steenwyk, B. AU - Warhadpande, A. AU - Motamedi, M. AU - Fortunato, G. AU - Ciaravola, V. AU - Persson, Bo TI - Rubber friction directional asymmetry JO - epl VL - 116 IS - 6 SN - 0295-5075 CY - Les-Ulis PB - EDP Science65224 M1 - FZJ-2019-01200 SP - 66002 PY - 2016 AB - In rubber friction studies it is usually assumed that the friction force does not depend on the sliding direction, unless the substrate has anisotropic properties, like a steel surface grinded in one direction. Here we will present experimental results for rubber friction, where we observe a strong asymmetry between forward and backward sliding, where forward and backward refer to the run-in direction of the rubber block. The observed effect could be very important in tire applications, where directional properties of the rubber friction could be induced during braking. LB - PUB:(DE-HGF)16 UR - <Go to ISI:>//WOS:000393572000015 DO - DOI:10.1209/0295-5075/116/66002 UR - https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/860446 ER -