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  2. Sliding (motion) - Wikipedia

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    Sliding friction (also called kinetic friction) is a contact force that resists the sliding motion of two objects or an object and a surface. Sliding friction is almost always less than that of static friction; this is why it is easier to move an object once it starts moving rather than to get the object to begin moving from a rest position.

  3. Friction - Wikipedia

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    Kinetic friction, also known as dynamic friction or sliding friction, occurs when two objects are moving relative to each other and rub together (like a sled on the ground). The coefficient of kinetic friction is typically denoted as μ k , and is usually less than the coefficient of static friction for the same materials.

  4. Stick–slip phenomenon - Wikipedia

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    The load then starts sliding, and the friction coefficient decreases to the value corresponding to load times the dynamic friction. Since this frictional force will be lower than the static value, the load accelerates until the decompressing spring can no longer generate enough force to overcome dynamic friction, and the load stops moving.

  5. Contact force - Wikipedia

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    As for friction, it is a result of both microscopic adhesion and chemical bond formation due to the electromagnetic force, and of microscopic structures stressing into each other; [3] in the latter phenomena, in order to allow motion, the microscopic structures must either slide one above the other, or must acquire enough energy to break one ...

  6. Frictional contact mechanics - Wikipedia

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    Friction – Force resisting sliding motion; Friction drive – Mechanical power transmission by friction between components; Lubrication – The presence of a material to reduce friction between two surfaces; Metallurgy – Field of science that studies the physical and chemical behavior of metals

  7. Triboelectric effect - Wikipedia

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    Tribology, science of friction, lubrication and wear Triboluminescence , light associated with sliding or contacts Work function , the energy to remove an electron from a surface

  8. Abrasion (geology) - Wikipedia

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    This is caused by a force, friction, vibration, or internal deformation of the ice, and by sliding over the rocks and sediments at the base (that also causes an avalanche) that causes the glacier to move. Abrasion, under its strictest definition, is commonly confused with attrition and sometimes hydraulic action however, the latter less ...

  9. Coulomb damping - Wikipedia

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    Coulomb damping dissipates energy constantly because of sliding friction. The magnitude of sliding friction is a constant value; independent of surface area, displacement or position, and velocity. The system undergoing Coulomb damping is periodic or oscillating and restrained by the sliding friction.