diff --git a/dune/tectonic/globalruinanonlinearity.hh b/dune/tectonic/globalratestatefriction.hh
similarity index 91%
rename from dune/tectonic/globalruinanonlinearity.hh
rename to dune/tectonic/globalratestatefriction.hh
index 8045d25401549280fb601118296af7ce8cc242a2..6fdcfacd9f3f6ab77fc3682d21e9fc6739290d1d 100644
--- a/dune/tectonic/globalruinanonlinearity.hh
+++ b/dune/tectonic/globalratestatefriction.hh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-#ifndef DUNE_TECTONIC_GLOBALRUINANONLINEARITY_HH
-#define DUNE_TECTONIC_GLOBALRUINANONLINEARITY_HH
+#ifndef DUNE_TECTONIC_GLOBALRATESTATEFRICTION_HH
+#define DUNE_TECTONIC_GLOBALRATESTATEFRICTION_HH
 
 #include <vector>
 
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 #include "frictionpotential.hh"
 
 template <class Matrix, class Vector, class GridView>
-class GlobalRuinaNonlinearity : public GlobalFriction<Matrix, Vector> {
+class GlobalRateStateFriction : public GlobalFriction<Matrix, Vector> {
 public:
   using GlobalFriction<Matrix, Vector>::block_size;
   using typename GlobalFriction<Matrix, Vector>::Friction;
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ class GlobalRuinaNonlinearity : public GlobalFriction<Matrix, Vector> {
   using typename GlobalFriction<Matrix, Vector>::ScalarVector;
 
 public:
-  GlobalRuinaNonlinearity(BoundaryPatch<GridView> const &frictionalBoundary,
+  GlobalRateStateFriction(BoundaryPatch<GridView> const &frictionalBoundary,
                           GridView const &gridView,
                           GlobalFrictionData<block_size> const &frictionInfo,
                           // Note: passing the following two makes no sense
diff --git a/src/assemblers.cc b/src/assemblers.cc
index 6b2a7471cb53446845d77e430bff357d51d69f6f..1cd1d02fadb0b278d880da4048381926a450dc2e 100644
--- a/src/assemblers.cc
+++ b/src/assemblers.cc
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ auto MyAssembler<GridView, dimension>::assembleFrictionNonlinearity(
     BoundaryPatch<GridView> const &frictionalBoundary,
     GlobalFrictionData<dimension> const &frictionInfo,
     ScalarVector const &normalStress)
-    -> std::shared_ptr<GlobalRuinaNonlinearity<Matrix, Vector, GridView>> {
+    -> std::shared_ptr<GlobalRateStateFriction<Matrix, Vector, GridView>> {
   // Lump negative normal stress (kludge)
   ScalarVector weights;
   {
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ auto MyAssembler<GridView, dimension>::assembleFrictionNonlinearity(
     vertexAssembler.assembleBoundaryFunctional(frictionalBoundaryAssembler,
                                                weights, frictionalBoundary);
   }
-  return std::make_shared<GlobalRuinaNonlinearity<Matrix, Vector, GridView>>(
+  return std::make_shared<GlobalRateStateFriction<Matrix, Vector, GridView>>(
       frictionalBoundary, gridView, frictionInfo, weights, normalStress);
 }
 
diff --git a/src/assemblers.hh b/src/assemblers.hh
index 96f983415f96a6b18046f221023a4f0c3ec549a7..2f944c71e4977b399db0b91438b6f203ab1a85cf 100644
--- a/src/assemblers.hh
+++ b/src/assemblers.hh
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 #include <dune/fufem/functionspacebases/p1nodalbasis.hh>
 
 #include <dune/tectonic/globalfrictiondata.hh>
-#include <dune/tectonic/globalruinanonlinearity.hh>
+#include <dune/tectonic/globalratestatefriction.hh>
 
 template <class GridView, int dimension> class MyAssembler {
 public:
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ template <class GridView, int dimension> class MyAssembler {
                             ScalarVector &normalStress, double youngModulus,
                             double poissonRatio, Vector const &displacement);
 
-  std::shared_ptr<GlobalRuinaNonlinearity<Matrix, Vector, GridView>>
+  std::shared_ptr<GlobalRateStateFriction<Matrix, Vector, GridView>>
   assembleFrictionNonlinearity(
       BoundaryPatch<GridView> const &frictionalBoundary,
       GlobalFrictionData<dimension> const &frictionInfo,