Thread: Lots of Wheels and F = u x N
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More comments on this please!
Posted by Eric Reed at 1/25/2001 2:23 PM EST


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In Reply to: Re: Lots of Wheels and F = u x N
Posted by Matt Berube on 1/25/2001 11:26 AM EST:



I imagine I'm not the only one who is terribly interested in this topic. My physics book says that regardless of the material, surface area has nothing to do with friction. But it makes sense to me that if there is some kind of perpendicular force (does this make sense?), such as texture in the wheel vs texture in the carpet, that surface area might make a difference.

Please, more teams post your opinion, experience!

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