.. _friction:

**********************************
The ``friction`` Class
**********************************

The ``friction`` class is the parent class of all frictional interfaces. Information on setting load perturbations is provided here, as this is common to all friction laws.

.. autoclass:: fdfault.friction
    :members:
    :inherited-members:
    
    .. automethod:: fdfault.friction.__init__
        
.. autoclass:: fdfault.load
    :members:
    :inherited-members:
    
    .. automethod:: fdfault.load.__init__
        
.. autoclass:: fdfault.loadfile
    :members:
    :inherited-members:
    
    .. automethod:: fdfault.loadfile.__init__