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  1. Contact mechanics and friction: Role of adhesion

    Article • Friction, January 2025, Tsinghua University Press

    Valentin Popov

  2. Non-adhesive and adhesive contacts of an elastic quarter-or eighth-space with freely sliding sides

    Article • Friction, June 2024, Tsinghua University Press

    Valentin Popov

  3. Approximate contact solutions for non-axisymmetric homogeneous and power-law graded elastic bodies: A practical tool for design engineers and tribologists

    Article • Friction, August 2023, Tsinghua University Press

    Valentin Popov

  4. Effect of adhesion on sliding friction force between an elastomer and a cylindrical steel indenter

    Article • January 2022, American Institute of Physics

    Valentin Popov

  5. Active bio contact mechanics: Concepts of active control of wear and growth of the cartilage in natural joints

    Article • January 2019, American Institute of Physics

    Valentin Popov

  6. Adhesive contribution to friction

    Article • January 2019, American Institute of Physics

    Valentin Popov

  7. Mechanics of adhesive contacts: Experiment and theory

    Article • January 2019, American Institute of Physics

    Valentin Popov

  8. Regimes of adhesive wear in dry contact: Conditions of realization and determining parameters

    Article • January 2019, American Institute of Physics

    Valentin Popov

  9. Adhesive wear and particle emission: Numerical approach based on asperity-free formulation of Rabinowicz criterion

    Article • Friction, August 2018, Tsinghua University Press

    Valentin Popov

  10. 60 years of Rabinowicz’ criterion for adhesive wear

    Article • Friction, August 2018, Tsinghua University Press

    Elena Popova, Valentin Popov

  11. Active control of friction by transverse oscillations

    Article • Friction, March 2018, Tsinghua University Press

    Valentin Popov

  12. Strength of adhesive contacts: Influence of contact geometry and material gradients

    Article • Friction, September 2017, Tsinghua University Press

    Valentin Popov

  13. Reduction of friction by normal oscillations. II. In-plane system dynamics

    Article • Friction, April 2017, Tsinghua University Press

    Valentin Popov

  14. Johnson–Kendall–Roberts adhesive contact for a toroidal indenter

    Article • Proceedings of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences, July 2016, Royal Society Publishing

    Valentin Popov

  15. Limiting shape of profile due to dual-mode fretting wear in contact with an elastomer

    Article • Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part C Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science, December 2015, SAGE Publications

    Valentin Popov

  16. Method of reduction of dimensionality in contact and friction mechanics: A linkage between micro and macro scales

    Article • Friction, March 2013, Tsinghua University Press

    Valentin Popov