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  2. Adhesion railway - Wikipedia

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    Adhesion traction is the friction between the drive wheels and the steel rail. [1] Since the vast majority of railways are adhesion railways, the term adhesion railway is used only when it is necessary to distinguish adhesion railways from railways moved by other means, such as by a stationary engine pulling on a cable attached to the cars or ...

  3. Friction - Wikipedia

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    Fluid friction describes the friction between layers of a viscous fluid that are moving relative to each other. [7] [8] Lubricated friction is a case of fluid friction where a lubricant fluid separates two solid surfaces. [9] [10] [11] Skin friction is a component of drag, the force resisting the motion of a fluid across the surface of a body.

  4. Stokes' law - Wikipedia

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    Stokes' law is the basis of the falling-sphere viscometer, in which the fluid is stationary in a vertical glass tube.A sphere of known size and density is allowed to descend through the liquid.

  5. Limited-slip differential - Wikipedia

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    In this work it is called Trq f for torque friction [9]). Trq d is the difference in torque delivered to the left and right wheel. The magnitude of Trq d comes from the slip-limiting mechanism in the differential and may be a function of input torque (as in the case of a gear differential), or the difference in the output speeds (as in the case ...

  6. Frictional contact mechanics - Wikipedia

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    This theory is exact for the situation of an infinite friction coefficient in which case the slip area vanishes, and is approximative for non-vanishing creepages. It does assume Coulomb's friction law, which more or less requires (scrupulously) clean surfaces. This theory is for massive bodies such as the railway wheel-rail contact.

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    A Connecticut man and woman are accused of manslaughter in connection with the death of a 24-year-old man who was hit by a car in July. Kevin Gangell died after being struck by a vehicle outside ...

  8. Force - Wikipedia

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    The static friction increases or decreases in response to the applied force up to an upper limit determined by the characteristics of the contact between the surface and the object. [ 3 ] A static equilibrium between two forces is the most usual way of measuring forces, using simple devices such as weighing scales and spring balances .

  9. Stiction - Wikipedia

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    Stiction (a portmanteau of the words static and friction) [1] is the force that needs to be overcome to enable relative motion of stationary objects in contact. [2] Any solid objects pressing against each other (but not sliding) will require some threshold of force parallel to the surface of contact in order to overcome static adhesion. [3]