title: Transition from stick-slip to smooth sliding: an earthquakelike model.
abstract: We present a detailed study of an earthquakelike model that exhibits a "transition" from stick-slip motion to smooth sliding at a velocity of the order of those observed in experiments. This contrasts with the many previous microscopic models in which the transition velocity is many orders of magnitude too large. The results show that experimentally observed smooth sliding at the macroscopic scale must correspond to microscopic-scale stick-slip motion.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Physics, National Ukrainian Academy of Sciences, 03650 Kiev, Ukraine.
authors.forename: O M
authors.initials: OM
authors.lastname: Braun
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Röder