TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2011//
TI  - Stabilizing stick-slip friction
JO  - Physical review letters
A1  - Capozza, Rosario
A1  - Rubinstein, Shmuel M.
A1  - Barel, Itay
A1  - Urbakh, Michael
A1  - Fineberg, Jay
SP  - 024301
EP  - 024301
VL  - 107
IS  - 2
N2  - Even the most regular stick-slip frictional sliding is always stochastic, with irregularity in both the intervals between slip events and the sizes of the associated stress drops. Applying small-amplitude oscillations to the shear force, we show, experimentally and theoretically, that the stick-slip periods synchronize. We further show that this phase locking is related to the inhibition of slow rupture modes which forces a transition to fast rupture, providing a possible mechanism for observed remote triggering of earthquakes. Such manipulation of collective modes may be generally relevant to extended nonlinear systems driven near to criticality.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0031-9007
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -