🚀 go-pugleaf

On Mon, 13 Jul 1998 08:52:13 -0400, Mike Sweeney <msweeney@nospam.lr.net> wrote:
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>Marc wrote:
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>> Mike Sweeney <msweeney@nospam.lr.net> wrote:
>> >Marc wrote:
>> >> joelga@pebble.org (Joel Garry) wrote:
>> >> >On Mon, 06 Jul 1998 00:12:25 GMT, E. Faubion <in@the.sig> wrote:
>> >> >>"Mark B." <spam_*this*_@see.my.sig> wrote:
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Hey, watch those attribs, people.

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>Yes.  I thought it would have been obvious to anyone who could read English.
>Guess not.
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>CoF is the ratio of the force necessary to slide an object at uniform speed on
>a surface to the pressure of the object against that surface.
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>The manner in which it is variable is that the surfaces change.  A material
>made of sharp-edged stones would have a higher resistance, glare ice would have
>a very low resistance.
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>Here is a list of things that influence DRAG FACTOR:
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>1. Road surface material (see above)
>2. Length of slide (longer slides decrease the friction because the tire melts
>and smears more easily.)

Are you sure the longer slide doesn't increase the friction because the tire
heats up?  

>3. Material of tires (makes much less difference than road surface)

How about temperature of tire?

>4. Chains (help on ice, hurt on dry surfaces)
>5. Tread (on dirt and mud and other "loose" surfaces)
>6. Temp. of road surface and air (hot weather, longer stops)
>7. Air pressure (only slight variances)
>8. Weight of vehicle (only before lockup)
>9. Direction of slide (slight variances)
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