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==Types== There are several types of friction: * '''Dry friction''' is a force that opposes the relative lateral motion of two solid surfaces in contact. Dry friction is subdivided into ''static friction'' ("[[stiction]]") between non-moving surfaces, and ''kinetic friction'' between moving surfaces. With the exception of atomic or molecular friction, dry friction generally arises from the interaction of surface features, known as [[asperities]] (see Figure). * '''Fluid friction''' describes the friction between layers of a [[viscous]] fluid that are moving relative to each other.<ref name="Beer-1996">{{cite book | last1 = Beer | first1 = Ferdinand P. | author-link1 = Ferdinand Beer | last2=Johnston |first2=E. Russel Jr. | year = 1996 | title = Vector Mechanics for Engineers | edition = Sixth | publisher = McGraw-Hill | isbn = 978-0-07-297688-5 | page = 397 }}</ref><ref name="Meriam-2002">{{cite book | last1 = Meriam | first1 = J. L. | last2 = Kraige | first2 = L. G. | year = 2002 | title = Engineering Mechanics | edition = fifth | publisher = John Wiley & Sons | isbn = 978-0-471-60293-4 | page = [https://archive.org/details/engineeringmech100meri/page/328 328] | url-access = registration | url = https://archive.org/details/engineeringmech100meri }}</ref> * '''Lubricated friction''' is a case of fluid friction where a [[lubricant]] fluid separates two solid surfaces.<ref name="Ruina-2002">{{cite book | last1 = Ruina | first1 = Andy | last2 = Pratap | first2 = Rudra | year = 2002 | title = Introduction to Statics and Dynamics | publisher = Oxford University Press | page = 713 | url = http://ruina.tam.cornell.edu/Book/RuinaPratapNoProblems.pdf | access-date = 2008-12-20 | archive-date = 2019-05-25 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190525144127/http://ruina.tam.cornell.edu/Book/RuinaPratapNoProblems.pdf | url-status = live }}</ref><ref name="Hibbeler-2007">{{cite book | last = Hibbeler | first = R. C. | year = 2007 | title = Engineering Mechanics | url = https://archive.org/details/studypack00rcsc | url-access = registration | edition = Eleventh | publisher = Pearson, Prentice Hall | isbn = 978-0-13-127146-3 | page = 393}}</ref><ref name="Soutas-Little-2008">{{cite book | last1 = Soutas-Little | first1 = Robert W. | last2=Inman |first2=Balint | year = 2008 | title = Engineering Mechanics | publisher = Thomson | isbn = 978-0-495-29610-2 | page = 329}}</ref> * '''Skin friction''' is a component of [[Drag (physics)|drag]], the force resisting the motion of a fluid across the surface of a body. * '''Internal friction''' is the force resisting motion between the elements making up a solid material while it undergoes [[Deformation (mechanics)|deformation]].<ref name="Meriam-2002"/><ref name="Ghose-2022" />
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