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Research Article | Open Access

Contact mechanics and friction: Role of adhesion

Valentin L. Popov1,2( )Qiang Li1Iakov A. Lyashenko1
Department of System Dynamics and Friction Physics, Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin 10623, Germany
Center of Advanced Studies in Mechanics, Tribology, Bio- and Nanotechnologies, Samarkand State University, Samarkand 140104, Uzbekistan
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This paper presents an overview of the role of adhesion in various tribological phenomena. We discuss (1) adhesion and adhesive hysteresis in rough contacts, (2) adhesive contribution to dry friction, (3) properties of adhesive contacts under tangential loading, (4) “negative adhesion” and superlubricity, and (5) adhesive wear. Based on theoretical considerations, simulations with the boundary element method and experiments, we argue that the key process underlying all these phenomena is jump-like changes of the contact boundary. These jumps are an essential property of adhesive contacts and are solely responsible for energy dissipation in both adhesive hysteresis and adhesive friction. On the mesoscale, the aforementioned instabilities give rise to boundary line friction, which forms a convenient tool for understanding the properties of adhesive contacts both under normal and tangential loading, including changes of contact area and the phenomenon of the “sticking zone”. On the macroscale, the concept of boundary line friction can be approximated by simple adhesive contact with two different works of adhesion—a smaller one for closing the adhesive crack (attachment) and a larger one for opening it (detachment). The well-known equivalence between the adhesive contact boundary and the Griffith crack also leads to the application of the same ideas to wear. In this context, we discuss the modified Rabinowicz criterion for wear particle formation and argue that the adhesive nature of wear all but rule out Archard’s law. Finally, we note that adhesive forces are not necessarily attractive and discuss how “negative”, i.e., repulsive, adhesion can account for the phenomenon of superlubricity.

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Popov VL, Li Q, Lyashenko IA. Contact mechanics and friction: Role of adhesion. Friction, 2025, 13(1): 9440964. https://doi.org/10.26599/FRICT.2025.9440964

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Received: 15 May 2024
Revised: 17 June 2024
Accepted: 08 July 2024
Published: 09 December 2024
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