2023-03-02
A force controlled tribometer for pre-sliding measurements at the nanometer scale
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Front. Mech. Eng. , Volume 9 p. 1019979: 1- 7
In the pre-sliding friction regime, interfaces partially stick and partially slip. The pre-slip is thought to be locally initiated at regions of the interface where the ratio of shear stress to normal stress exceeds a critical value. The displacements involved in pre-slip can be limited to the nanoscale, especially for stiff interfaces. Furthermore, little is known experimentally about the interplay between surface topography, pre-sliding behavior and wear. In this work, we introduce a pre-sliding tribometer that enables the study of how the pre-sliding friction at various types of ball-on-flat interfaces evolves as a function of wear. Polytetrafluoroethylene-on-silicon (PTFE-on-Si) pre-sliding measurements covering interfacial displacements up to 50 nm, conducted with the new instrument, show good agreement with Mindlin theory predictions, without adjustable parameters.
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ASML, ARCNL, VU, UvA, RUG, NWO | |
doi.org/10.3389/fmech.2023.1019979 | |
Front. Mech. Eng. | |
Organisation | Contact Dynamics |
Du, J., Franklin, S., & Weber, B. (2023). A force controlled tribometer for pre-sliding measurements at the nanometer scale. Front. Mech. Eng., 9, 1019979: 1–7. doi:10.3389/fmech.2023.1019979 |