Static Friction
Static Friction
Static Friction
Introduction
There are two types of friction: dry friction and fluid friction. Fluid friction applies to lubricated
mechanisms.
The present discussion is limited to dry friction between non-lubricated surfaces.
Dry friction:
From experiment, its found that the frictional force:
• is proportional to the normal force
• is independent of the area of contact
• depends on whether the object is stationary or sliding
But when P increases, the static-friction force F increases until it reaches a maximum value
Fmax.
F = Fmax. → F = μs N
Further increase in P causes the block to begin to move. Once the body starts to slip, then its
in the stage of has kinetic (dynamic or slipping) friction:
k < s
In general the coefficient of kinetic friction is smaller
than the coefficient of static friction, which explains
the initial difficulty of getting an object to slide.
M. Sc. Khalid Ahmed / Engineering College - University of Diyala 1
The Resultant of the friction and normal forces;
When the friction force reaches the max value, the friction force reaches the max value then:
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Example:
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Ff = Fn = 0.30Fn