Early Mechanical Behaviors and Origins of Earthquakes — The Critical Role of Rock Friction in Earthquake Risk 2025
Introduction to Earthquakes Modelling Recent research by scientists at Duke University reveals a new computational model that sheds light on how earthquakes may begin — by capturing the microscopic friction dynamics inside fault zones long before seismic waves reach the...
Knowing the strength of adhesion
How can flies walk on the window glass upside down? How can geckos climb walls and trees? It looks like a simple question, but it is hard to answer. The secret is that flies and geckos, and many other living species can control the ability to...
Say “modeling” not “simulation”
Richard M. Stallman, founder and president of the Free Software Foundation and founding father of the GNU Project, has a long been repeating “say GNU, not Linux” although he has not had much success. In the same sense, from this corner of the world I will...
Predicting the size of wear particles
A wear process results in the generation of particles, of various size, shape, color and chemical composition. The reported size of wear particles varies from mm scale, which is typically attributed to severe wear, to nm scale in the range...
