Ice causes very little friction, which is why it is easy to slip over on an icy day. However, this is a good thing for ice skating and sledging. Friction is a force between two surfaces that are ...

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 ...

1.1 What is friction? Take this everyday example: when a coffee mug rests on a flat table, the kinetic frictional force is zero. There is no force trying to move the mug across the table, so there is ...

In relation to safety aspects standardisation bodies rather concentrate on slippery than on dull floors. Thus, sliding friction coefficients from 0.4 to 0.6 (DIN 18032) are recommended. Biomechanical ...