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This volume contains the proceedings of an interdisciplinary meeting which attracted participants from the fields of physics, engineering, applied mathematics, and geology. The subjects covered range from microscopic theories of friction to large-scale stick-slip motion in earthquakes, with static and dynamic aspects of granular material in between. The main emphasis is on computational aspects, but experiments and basic theoretical concepts are also covered.
Contents:
- Friction:
- Sliding Dynamics at a Multicontact Interface (T Baumberger & P Berthoud)
- Dry Friction as an Elasto-Plastic Response: A Schematic Model (C Caroli & B Velický)
- Reversible and Irreversible Processes in Adhesion, Static and Kinetic Friction of Solids (A R Savkoor)
- Electrical Resistivity and Quartz Crystal Microbalance Studies of Sliding Friction in Xe/Ag(111) (A Dayo & J Krim)
- Sliding Friction: Contribution from Defects (B N J Persson & A I Volokitin)
- Arching:
- Stress Fluctuations for Granular Materials (D Howell et al.)
- Force Fluctuations in Granular Media (S N Coppersmith)
- A New Approach to Stress Propagation in Sandpiles and Silos (J P Wittmer et al.)
- Force Networks in Granular Packings (F Radjai et al.)
- Contact Dynamics:
- Numerical Investigation of Shear Zones in Granular Materials (J J Moreau)
- Density Dependence of Static Friction in Granular Materials (I M Jánosi et al.)
- A Theoretical Approach to Granular Media (M Nicodemi et al.)
- Interfacial Friction in Flowing Sand (B Dulieu & F Radjai)
- and other papers
Readership: Scientists and engineers interested in friction and granular materials.
