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written by Ryan Conatser, Ben Kinnaman, and Mike Lassiter

This web resource was created as a study in friction by students at an Advanced Mechanics class at Davidson College in Davidson. The resource includes a historical background as well as the various factors that affect friction. The analysis includes sections about Rolling Friction, Velocity Dependence, Stick-Slip mechanism, Adhesion, Wear, Lubrication, Viscosity and Wet vs. Dry Friction.

https://www.phy.davidson.edu/fachome/dmb/PY430/Friction/friction.h...

Subjects	Levels	Resource Types
Classical Mechanics - Applications of Newton's Laws = Friction - General - Rotational Dynamics	- Lower Undergraduate - Middle School - High School - Upper Undergraduate	- Instructional Material = Case Study = Curriculum support - Reference Material = Article

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Access Rights:: Free access
Restriction:: Does not have a copyright, license, or other use restriction.
Keywords:: Adhesion, Amontons, Coulomb, Da Vinci, Desagulier, Ice, Lubrication, Rolling Friction, Rubber, Stick-Slip mechanism, Teflon, Tribology, Velocity Dependence, Viscosity, Wear, Wet vs. Dry Friction
Record Creator:: Metadata instance created April 13, 2011 by Taha Mzoughi
Record Updated:: February 24, 2013 by Lyle Barbato
Last Update when Cataloged:: May 1, 1998
Other Collections:: The Physics Source

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<a href="https://www.compadre.org/portal/items/detail.cfm?ID=11152">Conatser, R, B. Kinnaman, and M. Lassiter. Friction. May 1, 1998.</a>

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R. Conatser, B. Kinnaman, and M. Lassiter, (1998), WWW Document, (https://www.phy.davidson.edu/fachome/dmb/PY430/Friction/friction.htm).

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R. Conatser, B. Kinnaman, and M. Lassiter, Friction (1998), <https://www.phy.davidson.edu/fachome/dmb/PY430/Friction/friction.htm>.

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Conatser, R., Kinnaman, B., & Lassiter, M. (1998, May 1). Friction. Retrieved May 1, 2025, from https://www.phy.davidson.edu/fachome/dmb/PY430/Friction/friction.htm

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Conatser, R, B. Kinnaman, and M. Lassiter. Friction. May 1, 1998. https://www.phy.davidson.edu/fachome/dmb/PY430/Friction/friction.htm (accessed 1 May 2025).

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Conatser, Ryan, Ben Kinnaman, and Mike Lassiter. Friction. 1998. 1 May 1998. 1 May 2025 <https://www.phy.davidson.edu/fachome/dmb/PY430/Friction/friction.htm>.

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