ABSTRACT
Chapter. 7. continued. our. examination. of. the. hypothesis. formulated. by. Savkoor. [1]. that. a. surface-deformation-hysteresis. friction. mechanism. develops. in. rubber.when. it. slides.on.a.harder.material..The.back-calculation.analyses.of.rubber.friction.test.data.presented.in.Chapter.5.indicated. the. existence. of. such. a. microhysteretic. mechanism. in. concurrence. with. Savkoor’s.hypothesis.
