Posted: 14 Sep 2007, 02:21
Link: Static & Kinetic Friction
That's an interesting link to some formulas and descriptions on how static and kinetic friction really work for automobiles in real life. I did manage to glean one interesting, potentially useful fact from the site, too! When a tire is on concrete (we'll assume that's what we're typically racing on in Re-Volt), then static friction is 1.0, while kinetic friction is 0.8. That means that when you determine the static and kinetic friction of cars, the kinetic friction should typically be 80% of the static friction's value.
W00t for aimless research!
That's an interesting link to some formulas and descriptions on how static and kinetic friction really work for automobiles in real life. I did manage to glean one interesting, potentially useful fact from the site, too! When a tire is on concrete (we'll assume that's what we're typically racing on in Re-Volt), then static friction is 1.0, while kinetic friction is 0.8. That means that when you determine the static and kinetic friction of cars, the kinetic friction should typically be 80% of the static friction's value.
W00t for aimless research!