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Re: Ideal Wheels: was( L2-"Negotiating" a curve.)

On Thu, 4 Nov 1999, Joel Rauber wrote:

2) Wheel is speeding up

There must now be a forward static friction force to account for the
non-zero a_cm

and a torque provided to the wheel via its drive shaft to force the wheel
to push against the road in the first place.

But this force give a torque in the wrong sense and would
serve to slow down the rotation of the wheel.

and would if it were not for the larger and oppositely directed torque
provided via the drive shaft.

John Mallinckrodt mailto:ajm@csupomona.edu
Cal Poly Pomona http://www.csupomona.edu/~ajm