Friction-induced vibrations and self-organization : mechanics and non-equilibrium thermodynamics of sliding contact / Michael Nosonovsky, Vahid Mortazavi.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Introduction : friction as a fundamental force of nature in the history of mechanics -- 2. Vibrations and stability at the bulk and at the interface -- 3. Principles of non-equilibrium thermodynamics and friction -- 4. Fundamentals of friction -- 5. Wear and lubrication -- 6. Friction-induced instabilities and vibrations -- 7. Friction-induced vibrations and their applications -- 8. From frictional instabilities to friction-induced self-organization -- 9. Self-lubrication -- 10. Outlook.

"This book is different from numerous other textbooks and monographs about friction. In this work we study various effects and manifestations of friction in order to identify those properties of friction that are invariant for different friction mechanisms and thus constitute the very essence of friction as a physical phenomenon. By doing that we are making the case that friction is a fundamental force of nature whose properties can be deduced directly from the second law of thermodynamics, rather than treated as a collection of phenomenological unrelated effects and empirical facts"-- Provided by publisher.

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