Modeling the friction between pages in a book

Engineers at EPFL and École Polytechnique in France analyzed the friction between pages in a book and the mechanical force needed to bend them. Drawing on their experiments, they developed a new theoretical model for predicting the elasto-frictional behavior of stacked layers.

Full article: https://actu.epfl.ch/news/modeling-the-friction-between-pages-in-a-book
Article en français: https://actu.epfl.ch/news/modeliser-le-frottement-entre-les-pages-d-un-livre

Flexible Structures Laboratory: https://www.epfl.ch/labs/flexlab/
EPFL: https://www.epfl.ch/

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