Boston University Physics Applets: Measuring Coefficient of Static Friction

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This web page is a tutorial relating to static friction. It uses the incline plane method for measuring the coefficient of static friction. Included is an explicit explanation of the mathematics involved. The user is asked to use the simulation to build a free body diagram of the situation.
This item is part of a collection of similar simulation-based activities developed for students of introductory physics.

http://physics.bu.edu/~duffy/semester1/c6_measuremus.html

Subjects	Levels	Resource Types
Classical Mechanics - Applications of Newton's Laws = Friction - Newton's Second Law = Force, Acceleration	- Lower Undergraduate - High School	- Instructional Material = Activity = Curriculum support = Tutorial - Audio/Visual = Movie/Animation

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Access Rights:: Free access
Restriction:: © 2002 Andrew Duffy, Boston University
Keywords:: Newton's Second Law, coefficient of friction, free-body diagram, friction, frictional force, static friction, tutorial
Record Cloner:: Metadata instance created April 23, 2008 by Caroline Hall
Record Updated:: July 31, 2008 by Taha Mzoughi
Last Update when Cataloged:: March 28, 2008

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