Journal Publications on Dynamic Friction

Dr. George G. Adams

Research Summary

Professor Adams is conducting basic research in areas involving friction-induced instabilities in sliding contact. In particular he showed that the sliding of two elastic half-spaces upon each other is dynamically unstable for a wide-range of material combinations, friction coefficients, and sliding speeds (including very small speeds). This behavior occurs even without a speed-dependent friction coefficient. The consequence of this instability is the creation of regions of separation and/or stick-slip zones, the behaviors of which are also being explored.


N.K. Mohammadi and G.G. Adams, "Self-Excited Oscillations of a Finite-Thickness Elastic Layer Sliding Against a Rigid Surface With a Constant Coefficient of Friction," Journal of Applied Mechanics, Vol. 85, 2018, 021005. DOI: 10.1115/1.4038640

M. Nosonovsky and G.G. Adams, "Vibration and Stability of Frictional Sliding of Two Elastic Bodies With a Wavy Contact Interface," ASME Journal of Applied Mechanics, Vol. 71, 2004, pp. 154-161. DOI: 10.1115/1.1653684

M. Nosonovsky and G.G. Adams, " Interaction of Elastic Dilatational and Shear Waves With a Frictional Sliding Interface," ASME Journal of Vibration and Acoustics, Vol. 124, No. 1, 2002, pp. 33-39. DOI: 10.1115/1.1421609

M. Nosonovsky and G.G. Adams, " Dilatational and Shear Waves Induced by the Frictional Sliding of Two Elastic Half-Spaces," International Journal of Engineering Sciences, Vol. 39, No. 11, July 2001, pp. 1257-1269. DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7225(00)00085-9

G.G. Adams, " An Intersonic Slip Pulse at a Frictional Interface Between Dissimilar Materials," ASME Journal of Applied Mechanics, Vol. 68, No. 1, 2001, pp. 81-86. DOI: 10.1115/1.1349119

M. Nosonovsky and G.G. Adams, " Steady State Frictional Sliding of Two Elastic Bodies With a Wavy Contact Interface," ASME Journal of Tribology, Vol. 122, No. 3, 2000, pp. 490-495. DOI: 10.1115/1.555391

G.G. Adams, Friction Reduction in the Sliding of an Elastic Half-Space Against a Rigid Surface Due to Incident Rectangular Dilatational Waves," ASME Journal of Tribology, Vol. 122, No. 1, 2000, pp. 10-15. DOI: 10.1115/1.555368

G.G. Adams, " Radiation of Body Waves Induced by the Sliding of an Elastic Half-Space Against a Rigid Surface, " ASME Journal of Applied Mechanics, Vol. 67, No. 1, 2000, pp. 1-5. DOI: 10.1115/1.321144

G.G. Adams, " Dynamic Motion of Two Elastic Half-Spaces in Relative Sliding Without Slipping," ASME Journal of Tribology, Vol. 121, No. 3, 1999, pp. 455-461. DOI: 10.1115/1.2834089

G.G. Adams, " Steady Sliding of Two Elastic Half-Spaces With Friction Reduction Due to Interface Stick-Slip," ASME Journal of Applied Mechanics,Vol. 65, No. 2, 1998, pp. 470-475. DOI: 10.1115/1.2789077

G.G. Adams, " Dynamic Instabilities in the Sliding of Two Layered Elastic Half-Spaces," ASME Journal of Tribology, Vol. 120, No. 2, 1998, pp. 289-295. DOI: 10.1115/1.2834424

G.G. Adams, " Self-Excited Oscillations in Sliding With a Constant Friction Coefficient -- A Simple Model," ASME Journal of Tribology, Vol. 118, No. 4, 1996, pp. 819-823. DOI: 10.1115/1.2831614

G.G. Adams, " Self-Excited Oscillations of Two Elastic Half-Spaces Sliding With a Constant Coefficient of Friction," ASME Journal of Applied Mechanics, Vol. 62, No. 4, 1995, pp. 867-872. DOI: 10.1115/1.2896013

Dr. George G. Adams