ABSTRACT
Chapter. 5. examined. the. hypothesis. formulated. by. Savkoor. [1]. that. a. surface-deformation-hysteresis.friction.mechanism.develops.in.rubber.when.it. slides.on.a.harder.material..Savkoor.accepted.that.macroscopically.smooth. surfaces,. such. as.plate. glass,. can.be.microscopically. rough..His.hysteresis. posit. was. based. on. the. supposition. that. rubber. surfaces. in. contact. with. microscopic.asperities.on.harder.solids.can.mechanically.interlock.with.each. other,.providing.deformational.resistance.to.relative.movement.between.the. two.materials..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.
