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On break-away forces in actuated motion systems with nonlinear friction

Michael Ruderman

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0209 industrial biotechnologyEngineeringbusiness.industryMechanical EngineeringMotion (geometry)Observable02 engineering and technologySystems and Control (eess.SY)Coulomb frictionComputer Science ApplicationsContact forceNonlinear systemHysteresis020303 mechanical engineering & transports020901 industrial engineering & automationClassical mechanics0203 mechanical engineeringControl and Systems EngineeringFOS: Electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineeringComputer Science - Systems and ControlElectrical and Electronic EngineeringMacrobusinessConservative force

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The phenomenon of so-called break-away forces, as maximal actuation forces at which a sticking system begins to slide and thus passes over to a steady (macro) motion, is well known from engineering practice but still less understood in its cause-effect relationship. This note analyzes the break-away behavior of systems with nonlinear friction, which is analytically well-described by combining the Coulomb friction law with rate-independent presliding transitions and, when necessary, Stribeck effect of the velocity-weakening steady-state curve. The break-away conditions are harmonized with analytic form of the system description and shown to be in accord with a relationship between the varying break-away force and actuation force rate -- well known from the experiments reported in several independently published works.

10.1016/j.mechatronics.2017.03.007http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mechatronics.2017.03.007