Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 125501 (2008) [4 pages]Modeling Friction on a Mesoscale: Master Equation for the Earthquakelike ModelReceived 23 November 2007; published 25 March 2008 The earthquakelike model with a continuous distribution of static thresholds is used to describe the properties of solid friction. The evolution of the model is reduced to a master equation which can be solved analytically. This approach naturally describes stick-slip and smooth-sliding regimes of tribological systems within a framework which separates the calculation of the friction force from the studies of the properties of the contacts. © 2008 The American Physical Society URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.125501
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.125501
PACS:
81.40.Pq, 46.55.+d
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