Steady-state stick-slip dynamics of a single horizontally vibrated particle
Abstract
We model the dynamics of a block of mass m placed on top of a platform. The platform is driven by a sinusoidal 1-D horizontal vibration. The system is then characterized by the kinetic (µK) and static (µS) coefficients of friction of the block with respect to the platform and the platform vibration frequency, ω. It is found that there are three possible final steady-states of the system affected by the above parameters: (1) slipping, (2) sticking, and (3) periodic stick-slip. The times spent by the mass slipping and sticking were computed and are used to show the existence of the three states (including a non-periodic stick-slip steady-state when µK = 1.0, µS = 0.1, and ω = 1.0). An equation showing the dependence of a limit on µK to both µS and ω was derived and utilized to predict the maximum µK for a periodic steady-state.