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Perhaps few physical concepts have received less attention relative to their importance than friction. Learning the 'effective' notions of static and sliding friction, students of mechanics can ...

Flows inside ducts, channels and pipes are very important because they occur in many practical applications (water pipes, air conditioning ducts, gas lines, ventilation shafts, heat exchanger tubes, ...

Friction materials are used to generate controlled friction for braking or power transfer applications while minimizing wear. Products include brake pads and brake shoes, clutch plates, bonded ...

The recent developments in understanding friction and the leading factors that determine the frictional response at the nanoscale (see Fig. 1), were the main topics of debate at the recent Trends ...

Sometimes we want to reduce friction. For example, we use oil to reduce the friction between the moving parts inside a car engine. The oil holds the surfaces apart and flows between them.

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A team of microsystems engineers at Université de Lyon, École Centrale de Lyon has developed a method to create a desired amount of friction between ... the research team used a rubber-like ...

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