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  2. 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.

  3. Painlevé paradox - Wikipedia

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    Since the Painlevé paradoxes are based on a mechanical model of Coulomb friction, where the calculated friction force can have multiple values when the contact point has no tangential velocity, this is a simplified model of contact. It does, nevertheless, encapsulate the main dynamical effects of friction, such as sticking and slipping zones.

  4. Friction - Wikipedia

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    The coefficient of friction (COF), often symbolized by the Greek letter μ, is a dimensionless scalar value which equals the ratio of the force of friction between two bodies and the force pressing them together, either during or at the onset of slipping. The coefficient of friction depends on the materials used; for example, ice on steel has a ...

  5. Frictional contact mechanics - Wikipedia

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    In railway applications one wants to know the relation between creepage (velocity difference) and the friction force . Classical results for a true frictional contact problem concern the papers by F.W. Carter (1926) and H. Fromm (1927).

  6. Contact mechanics - Wikipedia

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    This means that the attractive force is constant for +. There is not further penetration in compression. There is not further penetration in compression. Perfect contact occurs in an area of radius a {\displaystyle a} and adhesive forces of magnitude σ 0 {\displaystyle \sigma _{0}} extend to an area of radius c > a {\displaystyle c>a} .

  7. Force - Wikipedia

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    This results in zero net force, but since the object started with a non-zero velocity, it continues to move with a non-zero velocity. Aristotle misinterpreted this motion as being caused by the applied force. When kinetic friction is taken into consideration it is clear that there is no net force causing constant velocity motion. [4]: ch.12 [5]

  8. Stokes' law - Wikipedia

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    Creeping flow past a falling sphere in a fluid (e.g., a droplet of fog falling through the air): streamlines, drag force F d and force by gravity F g. At terminal (or settling) velocity, the excess force F e due to the difference between the weight and buoyancy of the sphere (both caused by gravity [7]) is given by:

  9. Guillaume Amontons - Wikipedia

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    The force of friction is independent of the apparent area of contact. (Amontons' 2nd law) Kinetic friction is independent of the sliding velocity. (Coulomb's law) The first and second laws, which were founded by Amontons, and the third law, which was founded by Coulomb later, are called the Amontons-Coulomb laws of friction.