Like other experienced drivers, when Bo N. J. Persson steps on the gas, applies the brakes, or heads into a turn, he automatically checks road and traffic conditions to make sure he’s driving safely.

First principles calculations of frictional forces for realistic systems are generally impossible. The reason is that friction usually is an interfacial property, often determined by the last few ...

Scientists have now uncovered new velocity and temperature-dependent properties of rubber friction on asphalt -- bolstering the idea that an important component of friction originates when chains of ...

The friction between a car tire and the underlying asphalt drops off dangerously in rainy weather. Now, physicists in Germany and Italy have proposed an explanation for how even slight wetness can cut ...

The potential of liquid farnesene/butadiene rubber (LFBR) was evaluated in a silica tread formulation for passenger car radial (PCR) tires. The LFBR was evaluated at 5 phr of LFBR in place of 5 phr of ...

Liquid silicone rubber is a prime candidate as a replacement for other elastomers such as polyisoprene. LSR has until now not been used in the manufacture of rubber syringe tips or stoppers. One of ...