Slip nucleation with grooves 

Slip nucleation of an object with grooves
Side load
Friction
Tribology
Precursor
Slow slip events
Slow earthquake
Finite element method (FEM) simulation
W. Iwashita, H. Matsukawa & M. Otsuki, Control of static friction by designing grooves on friction surface, Tribol. Lett. 72, 25 (2024)
doi.org/10.100...
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