Re: Interesting friction problem

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From: larson eric
Date: Thu, 29 Dec 1994 19:46

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DennisonC@biochem.unp.ac.za (Clive.Dennison) writes:

(A bit misdirected, but I saw this one late.)
 
>>> We are training racing thoroughbreds on high speed treadmills--fast
>>> conveyor belts with rubber surfaces. ...
>>> 
>>> The belt gradually climbs to a temperature of 100F and stops getting
>>> warmer at that point, but the shoes of the horse (steel, aluminum,
>>> titanium, and plastic shoes have been tried, as well as bare feet)
>>> continue to become hotter and hotter until, at 4 miles of 3:00 rate
>>> work, we've seen temperatures as high as 240F. this heat buildup is
>>> probably pathologic at 120F and up, since nails travel through the
>>> shoes and into the sensitive laminae of the hoof. 
===========
 
Why not mist water onto the belt?
 
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