Dr.-Ing. Boris Lorenz
Peter Grünberg Institut 1 (PGI-1)
Published Articles in refereed Journals
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Lorenz, B.; Krick, B.A.; Rodriguez, N.; Sawyer, W.G.; Mangiagalli, P.; Persson B.N.J.
Static or breakloose friction for lubricated contacts: the role of surface roughness and dewetting
Journal of Physics-Condensed Matter 25, 445013 (2013) [10.1088/0953-8984/25/44/445013]
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Pastewka, L.; Prodanov, N.; Lorenz, B.; Müser, M.H.; Robbins, M.O.; Persson, B.N.J.
Finite-size scaling in the interfacial stiffness of rough elastic contacts
Physical Review E 87, 062809 (2013) [10.1103/PhysRevE.87.062809]
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Lorenz, B.; Krick, B.A.; Mulakaluri, N.; Smolyakova, M.; Dieluweit, S.; Sawyer, W.G.; Persson, B.N.J.
Adhesion: role of bulk viscoelasticity and surface roughness
Journal of Physics-Condensed Matter 25(22), 225004 (2013) [10.1088/0953-8984/25/22/225004]
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Lorenz, B.; Persson, B.N.J.; Fortunato, G.; Giustiniano, M.; Baldoni, F.
Rubber friction for tire tread compounds on road surfaces
Journal of Physics-Condensed Matter 25(9), 095007 (2013) [10.1088/0953-8984/25/9/095007]
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Lorenz, B.; Persson, B. N. J.
On the origin of why static or breakloose friction is larger than kinetic friction, and how to reduce it:
the role of aging, elasticity and sequential interfacial slip
Journal of Physics-Condensed Matter 24(22), 225008 (2012) [10.1088/0953-8984/24/22/225008]
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Lorenz, B.; Persson, B.N.J.; Dieluweit, S.; Tada, T.
Rubber friction: Comparison of theory with experiment
European Physical Journal E 34(12), 129 (2011) [10.1140/epje/i2011-11129-1]
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Lorenz, B.; Persson, B. N. J.
Fluid squeeze-out between rough surfaces: comparison of theory with experiment
Journal of Physics-Condensed Matter 23(35), 355005 (2011) [10.1088/0953-8984/23/35/355005]
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Lorenz, B.; Persson, B. N. J.
Time-dependent fluid squeeze-out between solids with rough surfaces
European Physical Journal E 32(3), 281-290 (2010) [10.1140/epje/i2010-10625-0]
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Lorenz, B.; Persson, B. N. J.
On the dependence of the leak rate of seals on the skewness of the surface height probability
distribution
EPL 90(3), 38002 (2010) [10.1209/0295-5075/90/38002]
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Lorenz, B.; Carbone, G.; Schulze, C.
Average separation between a rough surface and a rubber block: Comparison between theories and
experiments
WEAR 268(7-8), 984-990 (2010) [10.1016/j.wear.2009.12.029]
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Lorenz, B.; Persson, B. N. J.
Leak rate of seals: Effective-medium theory and comparison with experiment
European Physical Journal E 31(2), 159-167 (2010) [10.1140/epje/i2010-10558-6]
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Persson, B. N. J.; Lorenz, B.; Volokitin, A. I.
Heat transfer between elastic solids with randomly rough surfaces
European Physical Journal E 31(1), 3-24) (2010) [10.1140/epje/i2010-10543-1]
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Carbone, G.; Lorenz, B.; Persson, B.N.J. ; Wohlers, A.
Contact mechanics and rubber friction for randomly rough surfaces with anisotropic statistical
properties
European Physical Journal E 29(3), 275-284 (2009) [10.1140/epje/i2009-10484-8]
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Lorenz, B.; Persson, B. N. J.
Leak rate of seals: Comparison of theory with experiment
EPL 86(4), 44006 (2009) [10.1209/0295-5075/86/44006]
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Lorenz, B.; Persson, B. N. J.
Interfacial separation between elastic solids with randomly rough surfaces: comparison of experiment
with theory
Journal of Physics-Condensed Matter 21(1), 015003 (2009) [10.1088/0953-8984/21/1/015003]
Articles in Conference Proceedings
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Persson, B. N. J.; Lorenz, B.
Rubber Friction and Tire Dynamics
19. Aachener Kolloquium „Fahrzeug- und Motorentechnik“
Conference Proceedings, Aachen, Germany, 2010/10/04 - 2010/10/06 (2010)
Other Publications
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Lorenz, B.
Contact Mechanics and Friction of Elastic Solids on Hard and Rough Substrates
Schriften des Forschungszentrums Jülich. Reihe Schlüsseltechnologien / Key Technologies 37, (2012)
[ISBN: 978-3-89336-779]