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Hai-Yan Kong

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Ji-Huan He

A NOVEL FRICTION LAW

ABSTRACT
Frictional force is a vitally important factor in the application of engineering either in macroscopic contacts or in micro/nanoscale contacts. Understanding of the influencing factors about frictional force is essential for the design of miniaturized devices and the use of minimal friction force. In the paper, dimensional analysis is used to analysis factors relative to frictional force. We show that the frictional force scales with where A is the contact area and N is the normal contact force. An experiment is carried out to verify the new friction law.
KEYWORDS
dimension analysis, friction, fractal dimension
PAPER SUBMITTED: 2012-05-01
PAPER REVISED: 2012-08-01
PAPER ACCEPTED: 2012-09-01
DOI REFERENCE: https://doi.org/10.2298/TSCI1205529K
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THERMAL SCIENCE YEAR 2012, VOLUME 16, ISSUE Issue 5, PAGES [1529 - 1533]
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A novel friction law

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