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  2. Normal force - Wikipedia

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    Figure 2: Weight (W), the frictional force (F r), and the normal force (F n) acting on a block.Weight is the product of mass (m) and the acceleration of gravity (g).In the case of an object resting upon a flat table (unlike on an incline as in Figures 1 and 2), the normal force on the object is equal but in opposite direction to the gravitational force applied on the object (or the weight of ...

  3. Friction - Wikipedia

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    The static friction force must be overcome by an applied force before an object can move. The maximum possible friction force between two surfaces before sliding begins is the product of the coefficient of static friction and the normal force: =.

  4. Angle of repose - Wikipedia

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    The frictional force is equivalent to the multiplication product of the coefficient of static friction and the Normal Force or ⁡: m g sin ⁡ θ = N μ {\displaystyle mg\sin \theta =N\mu } m g sin ⁡ θ = μ m g cos ⁡ θ {\displaystyle mg\sin \theta =\mu mg\cos \theta }

  5. Tribometer - Wikipedia

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    Where N, the normal force, is equal to the weight (mass x gravity) of the sitting mass (m T) and F, the loading force, is equal to the weight (mass x gravity) of the hanging mass (m H). To determine the kinetic coefficient of friction the hanging mass is increased or decreased until the mass system moves at a constant speed.

  6. Contact mechanics - Wikipedia

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    Normal contact mechanics or frictionless contact mechanics focuses on normal stresses caused by applied normal forces and by the adhesion present on surfaces in close contact, even if they are clean and dry. Frictional contact mechanics emphasizes the effect of friction forces. Contact mechanics is part of mechanical engineering.

  7. List of dimensionless quantities - Wikipedia

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    magnetohydrodynamics (ratio of the Lorentz force to the viscosity in magnetic convection) Colburn J factors: J M, J H, J D: turbulence; heat, mass, and momentum transfer (dimensionless transfer coefficients) Darcy friction factor: C f or f D: fluid mechanics (fraction of pressure losses due to friction in a pipe; four times the Fanning friction ...

  8. Newton's laws of motion - Wikipedia

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    For example, a free body diagram of a block sitting upon an inclined plane can illustrate the combination of gravitational force, "normal" force, friction, and string tension. [note 4] Newton's second law is sometimes presented as a definition of force, i.e., a force is that which exists when an inertial observer sees a body accelerating.

  9. Tribology - Wikipedia

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    These laws were further developed by Charles-Augustin de Coulomb (in 1785), who noticed that static friction force may depend on the contact time and sliding (kinetic) friction may depend on sliding velocity, normal force and contact area. [5] [6] In 1798, Charles Hatchett and Henry Cavendish carried out the first reliable test on frictional wear.