Lecture 07BY

Engr Muhammad UsmanMechanical Engineering

DepartmentCECOS University

FRICTION

Definition

It was assumed that surfaces in contact were either frictionless (surfaces could move freely with respect to each other) or rough (tangential forces prevent relative motion between surfaces).Actually, no perfectly frictionless surface exists. For two surfaces in contact, tangential forces, called friction forces, will develop if one attempts to move one relative to the other. Friction forces oppose the tendency of contacting surfaces to slip one relative to the other.

Static friction Static friction applies when two surfaces are at rest with respect to each other (such as a book sitting on a table).

The static frictional force is as big as it needs to be to prevent slipping, up to a maximum value.

Ffr ≤ μsFN .

Usually it is easier to keep an object sliding than it is to get it started.

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Kinetic friction The friction experienced by surfaces sliding against one another. The kinetic frictional force depends on the normal force

The constant is called the coefficient of kinetic friction.

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The Laws of Dry Friction. Coefficients of Friction

• Block of weight W placed on horizontal surface. Forces acting on block are its weight and reaction of surface N.

• Small horizontal force P applied to block. For block to remain stationary, in equilibrium, a horizontal component F of the surface reaction is required. F is a static-friction force.

• As P increases, the static-friction force F increases as well until it reaches a maximum value Fm.

NF sm

• Further increase in P causes the block to begin to move as F drops to a smaller kinetic-friction force Fk.

NF kk

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The Laws of Dry Friction. Coefficients of Friction

• Maximum static-friction force:NF sm

• Kinetic-friction force:

sk

kk NF

75.0

• Maximum static-friction force and kinetic-friction force are:- proportional to normal force- dependent on type and condition of

contact surfaces- independent of contact area

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The Laws of Dry Friction. Coefficients of Friction

• Four situations can occur when a rigid body is in contact with a horizontal surface:

• No friction,(Px = 0)

• No motion,(Px < Fm)

• Motion impending,(Px = Fm)

• Motion,(Px > Fm)

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Angles of Friction• It is sometimes convenient to replace normal force

N and friction force F by their resultant R:

• No friction • Motion impending• No motion

ss

sms N

NNF

tan

tan

• Motion

kk

kkk N

NNF

tan

tan

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Angles of Friction• Consider block of weight W resting on board with

variable inclination angle

• No friction • No motion • Motion impending • Motion

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Problems Involving Dry Friction

• All applied forces known

• Coefficient of static friction is known

• Determine whether body will remain at rest or slide

• All applied forces known

• Motion is impending

• Determine value of coefficient of static friction.

• Coefficient of static friction is known

• Motion is impending

• Determine magnitude or direction of one of the applied forces