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Friction and Wear Mechanisms

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When two solid surfaces are placed together, contact generally occurs only over isolated parts of the nominal contact area (Bhushana in J Vacuum Sci Technol 21(6):2262–2296, 2003). It is through these localised regions of contact that forces are exerted between the two bodies , and it is these forces which are responsible for friction. This means that friction is the resistance to motion that occurs whenever one solid body slides over another

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Kim, IJ. (2017). Friction and Wear Mechanisms. In: Pedestrian Fall Safety Assessments. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-56242-1_5

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