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  2. Friction - Wikipedia

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    Kinetic friction, also known as dynamic friction or sliding friction, occurs when two objects are moving relative to each other and rub together (like a sled on the ground). The coefficient of kinetic friction is typically denoted as μ k, and is usually less than the coefficient of static friction for the same materials.

  3. Sliding (motion) - Wikipedia

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    Sliding friction (also called kinetic friction) is a contact force that resists the sliding motion of two objects or an object and a surface. Sliding friction is almost always less than that of static friction; this is why it is easier to move an object once it starts moving rather than to get the object to begin moving from a rest position.

  4. Traction (mechanics) - Wikipedia

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    Traction can also refer to the maximum tractive force between a body and a surface, as limited by available friction; when this is the case, traction is often expressed as the ratio of the maximum tractive force to the normal force and is termed the coefficient of traction (similar to coefficient of friction).

  5. Coulomb damping - Wikipedia

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    Coulomb damping dissipates energy constantly because of sliding friction. The magnitude of sliding friction is a constant value; independent of surface area, displacement or position, and velocity. The system undergoing Coulomb damping is periodic or oscillating and restrained by the sliding friction.

  6. Stick–slip phenomenon - Wikipedia

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    The load then starts sliding, and the friction coefficient decreases to the value corresponding to load times the dynamic friction. Since this frictional force will be lower than the static value, the load accelerates until the decompressing spring can no longer generate enough force to overcome dynamic friction, and the load stops moving.

  7. Rolling resistance - Wikipedia

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    is the rolling resistance coefficient or coefficient of rolling friction with dimension of length, and N {\displaystyle N} is the normal force (equal to W , not R , as shown in figure 1). The above equation, where resistance is inversely proportional to radius r {\displaystyle r} seems to be based on the discredited "Coulomb's law" (Neither ...

  8. Frictional contact mechanics - Wikipedia

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    Frictional contact mechanics is the study of the deformation of bodies in the presence of frictional effects, whereas frictionless contact mechanics assumes the absence of such effects. Frictional contact mechanics is concerned with a large range of different scales.

  9. Friction torque - Wikipedia

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    The small black vector arrow represents the frictional force caused by the bar sliding across the second bar (grey). In mechanics, friction torque is the torque caused by the frictional force that occurs when two objects in contact move. [1] Like all torques, it is a rotational force that may be measured in newton meters or pounds-feet.