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  2. Friction - Wikipedia

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    The Coulomb approximation follows from the assumptions that: surfaces are in atomically close contact only over a small fraction of their overall area; that this contact area is proportional to the normal force (until saturation, which takes place when all area is in atomic contact); and that the frictional force is proportional to the applied ...

  3. Coulomb's law - Wikipedia

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    Coulomb's inverse-square law, or simply Coulomb's law, is an experimental law [1] of physics that calculates the amount of force between two electrically charged particles at rest. This electric force is conventionally called the electrostatic force or Coulomb force . [ 2 ]

  4. Collision response - Wikipedia

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    The Coulomb friction model effectively defines a friction cone within which the tangential component of a force exerted by one body on the surface of another in static contact, is countered by an equal and opposite force such that the static configuration is maintained. Conversely, if the force falls outside the cone, static friction gives way ...

  5. Frictional contact mechanics - Wikipedia

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    Classical results for a true frictional contact problem concern the papers by F.W. Carter (1926) and H. Fromm (1927). They independently presented the creep versus creep force relation for a cylinder on a plane or for two cylinders in steady rolling contact using Coulomb’s dry friction law (see below). [5]

  6. Coulomb damping - Wikipedia

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    Essentially, the object in the system is vibrating back and forth around an equilibrium point. A system being acted upon by Coulomb damping is nonlinear because the frictional force always opposes the direction of motion of the system as stated earlier. And because there is friction present, the amplitude of the motion decreases or decays with ...

  7. Unilateral contact - Wikipedia

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    Coulomb's friction law can be expressed as follows: when the tangential velocity is not equal to zero, namely when the two bodies are sliding, the friction force is proportional to the normal contact force ; when instead the tangential velocity is equal to zero, namely when the two bodies are relatively steady, the friction force is no more ...

  8. Mohr–Coulomb theory - Wikipedia

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    Mohr–Coulomb theory is a mathematical model (see yield surface) describing the response of brittle materials such as concrete, or rubble piles, to shear stress as well as normal stress. Most of the classical engineering materials follow this rule in at least a portion of their shear failure envelope.

  9. Rolling resistance - Wikipedia

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    is the normal force (equal to W, not R, as shown in figure 1). The above equation, where resistance is inversely proportional to radius seems to be based on the discredited "Coulomb's law" (Neither Coulomb's inverse square law nor Coulomb's law of friction) [citation needed]. See dependence on diameter.