T. Baumberger et L. Gauthier, CREEPLIKE RELAXATION AT THE INTERFACE BETWEEN ROUGH SOLIDS UNDER SHEAR, Journal de physique. I, 6(8), 1996, pp. 1021-1030
We study the transient behaviour of a slider coupled to a loading spri
ng, creeping its way to rest from a low velocity sliding state. Experi
mentally, a two-stages process is observed which is analyzed with refe
rence to a previously discussed theoretical model for creeplike fricti
on dynamics at the interface between solids.