friction
Let an agent explain friction and its kinds and laws, describe its role in engineering and everyday life, support calculations with coefficients, and support learning and the study of tribology.
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Purpose and description
Let an agent explain friction and its kinds and laws, describe its role in engineering and everyday life, support calculations with coefficients, and support learning and the study of tribology.
The force that resists the relative motion or tendency to motion of surfaces, layers or elements in contact, including dry friction between solids in static and kinetic forms, skin friction drag in fluids, internal friction within deforming materials, and astrophysical analogues such as tidal and dynamical friction; friction converts mechanical energy to heat, enables walking, braking and fastening through self-locking, and is reduced by lubrication and bearings.
What it is for: Resistance to relative motion.
It can be explain kinds and laws; describe engineering roles; support calculations; support learning.
Distinguishing features
Contact force
Opposes motion
Coefficient dependent
Generates heat
What it looks like
Not physical; a force.
How it is recognised
Force resisting relative motion of surfaces
Static, kinetic, fluid, internal
Drag is fluid resistance on a body; adhesion is bonding; viscosity is internal fluid friction
Related models
is a kind of - category
is a kind of - category
is related to - losses due to friction
is related to - energy dissipated by friction
In practice
Families and kinds
static and kinetic dry friction
rolling friction
fluid and skin friction
internal friction
tidal and dynamical friction in astrophysics
Standards and regulation
Standards for measuring friction coefficients
Road and floor slip resistance standards
Lubricant standards
Failure modes and hazards
Slips and falls
Wear and overheating
Misapplied friction laws
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Understand What friction is.
Physics.
Concept
Concept and laws.
Concept
Concept.
- What is friction, and what do the classical laws of dry friction state about static and kinetic friction? definition
- Which kind of friction is meant? boundary
Origins
Physical origins.
Origins
Origins.
- What causes friction at the microscopic level, according to tribology? provenance
- Which entry fits tribology? action
Calculate Calculation.
Practice.
Coefficients
Coefficients.
Coefficients
Coefficients.
- How is the friction force for this situation calculated from normal force and coefficient? action
- Which entry fits a specific material pair? action
Measure
Measuring friction.
Measure
Measurement.
- How are friction coefficients measured? measurement
- Which standards apply? provenance
Apply Engineering and life.
Engineering.
Use
Using friction.
Use
Use.
- How do brakes, tyres, fasteners and self-locking mechanisms rely on friction? provenance
- Which entry fits brakes? action
Reduce
Reducing friction.
Reduce
Reduction.
- How do lubrication, bearings and surface treatments reduce friction and wear? provenance
- Which entry fits lubrication? action
Learn History and teaching.
Education.
History
History.
History
History.
- How did the understanding of friction develop from Leonardo and Amontons to modern tribology? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Teach
Teaching.
Teach
Teaching.
- How can friction be taught with experiments? action
- Which misconceptions arise? provenance
What the second pass must settle
- Should tribology be a separate entry?
- How should coefficient tables be linked?
- How should slip resistance standards be linked?