Friction riveting has emerged as a promising candidate for joining metals to polymers, as it is energy efficient, fast and environmentally friendly without material wastage. The joining of hybrid ...

An interdisciplinary research team of the Institutes of Physical Chemistry and Physics of the University of Freiburg and the Max Planck Institute of Biophysics in Frankfurt-am-Main has discovered a ...

This paper presents the development of a physics-based model of a proportional directional valve with the aim of describing its dynamic behavior while accounting for the influence of friction forces ...

A suspended apparatus used to minimize friction during the experiment. The heavier brass cylinder and lighter ping-pong ball collide repeatedly against the transparent wall, reproducing 31 collisions ...