TY  - JOUR
EP  -  2910
ID  - eprints1936
UR  - http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0020768304005670
KW  - Friction; Contact; Fractals; Geomechanics; Scale effects
AV  - none
TI  - Size-scale effects on the friction coefficient 
N2  - 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. 
SN  - 0020-7683
VL  - 42
JF  - International Journal of Solids and Structures
IS  - 9?10
Y1  - 2005///
SP  - 2901 
PB  - Elsevier
A1  - Carpinteri, Alberto
A1  - Paggi, Marco
ER  -