1993/12/06 by Maria de Sousa Vieira, Hans J. Herrmann, Vieira, Maria de Sousa +1
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Physics and Astronomy · #Earthquake Detection and Analysis #Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications #High-pressure geophysics and materials #cond-mat
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arxiv created 1993/12/06 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30
The change of the friction law from a mesoscopic level to a macroscopic level is studied in the spring-block models introduced by Burridge-Knopoff. We find that the Coulomb law is always scale invariant. Other proposed scaling laws are only invariant under certain conditions.