A reappraisal of Petrus van Musschenbroek's study of lubricated sliding friction: Did he really observe a Stribeck curve?
Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part J: Journal of Engineering Tribology
Published online on April 30, 2026
Abstract
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Petrus van Musschenbroek (1692–1761) was an influential Dutch natural philosopher who carried out many measurements of friction in the early eighteenth century. For hard steel sliding on copper, he found a rapid increase in friction with sliding speed for ...
Petrus van Musschenbroek (1692–1761) was an influential Dutch natural philosopher who carried out many measurements of friction in the early eighteenth century. For hard steel sliding on copper, he found a rapid increase in friction with sliding speed for ...