%A Alberto Carpinteri
%A Marco Paggi
%L eprints1936
%X 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. 
%T Size-scale effects on the friction coefficient 
%I Elsevier
%P 2901 - 2910
%J International Journal of Solids and Structures
%V 42
%K Friction; Contact; Fractals; Geomechanics; Scale effects
%D 2005
%R 10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2004.10.001
%N 9?10