@article{eprints1936,
           title = {Size-scale effects on the friction coefficient },
            year = {2005},
          volume = {42},
           pages = {2901 -- 2910},
          number = {9?10},
         journal = {International Journal of Solids and Structures},
       publisher = {Elsevier},
          author = {Alberto Carpinteri and Marco Paggi},
             url = {http://eprints.imtlucca.it/1936/},
        abstract = {An overview of the classical friction laws holding at the macro-scale and the new developments at the nano-level are proposed. Furthermore, two opposite phenomena are addressed: the former concerning the apparent weakness of the San Andreas fault, the latter regarding the strong frictional behavior which appears at the nano-scale. An interpretation of these size effects on the friction coefficient is attempted making use of the renormalization group procedure which allows to explain the frictional phenomena over all the scales. },
        keywords = {Friction; Contact; Fractals; Geomechanics; Scale effects}
}