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Drag is a type of:
friction |
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work |
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potential energy |
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kinetic energy |
Drag is friction that opposes movement through a fluid like liquid or air. The amount of drag depends on the shape and speed of the object with slower objects experiencing less drag than faster objects and more aerodynamic objects experiencing less drag than those with a large leading surface area.
The principle of moments defines equilibrium in terms of:
speed |
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energy |
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torque |
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power |
According to the principle of moments, you can maintain equilibrium if the moments (forces) tending to clockwise rotation are equal to the moments tending to counterclockwise rotation. Another name for these moments of force is torque.
A box is resting on a smooth floor. Static friction is present:
only if normal force is present |
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at all times |
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when an attempt is made to move the box |
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if the coefficient of friction is greater than one |
For any given surface, the coefficient of static friction is higher than the coefficient of kinetic friction. More force is required to initally get an object moving than is required to keep it moving. Additionally, static friction only arises in response to an attempt to move an object (overcome the normal force between it and the surface).
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The mechanical advantage of a wheel and axle lies in the difference in radius between the inner (axle) wheel and the outer wheel. But, this mechanical advantage is only realized when the input effort and load are applied to different wheels. Applying both input effort and load to the same wheel results in a mechanical advantage of 1.
Which of the following represents how much two materials resist sliding across each other?
coefficient of friction |
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static friction |
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kinetic friction |
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normal friction |
Coefficient of friction (μ) represents how much two materials resist sliding across each other. Smooth surfaces like ice have low coefficients of friction while rough surfaces like concrete have high μ.