On the flash temperature in accelerated sliding contacts
Abstract
The temperature increase in the contact regions between solids in sliding contact can easily reach several hundred Kelvin and thereby dramatically affect friction and wear. Here I extend an earlier multiscale theory for the flash temperature (Müser and Persson 2026 On the flash temperature in sliding contacts (arXiv:) Phys. Rev. B (in press)) to the case of accelerated motion, and present numerical results illustrating the theory.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Mechanical stress and fatigue analysis
Adhesion
Friction
and Surface Interactions
Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Journal of Physics Condensed Matter
- Publisher
- IOP Publishing
- Volume
- 38
- Issue
- 34
- Pages
- 345001–345001
- Publication date
- 5 August 2026
- Language
- EN