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Is accelerated rolling with slipping possible?
I have a conceptual question regarding the following tasks. Two cylinders with different coefficients of friction are rolling down a inclined plane, thus accelerating. According to the task, due to ...
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Wheel slips and weight
With rainy season starting, I have been thinking about traction and have a question:
Question: If two identical vehicles, one of mass $m$ and the other of mass $2m$ are starting from rest with equal ...
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How to model a very simple spinning wheel
First off, I'm not a physics person, just a lowly software engineer with below average math skills. What I've written is a simple animation of a spinning wheel using C++/GTK/Cairo. It allows the user ...