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Resistance of wheels rolling over obstacles

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Abstract

An experiment investigating the force required for a wheel to roll over an obstacle is discussed. The experiment introduces students to an interesting application of the requirements for static equilibrium of a rigid object.

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Scholary Output:
Contribution to journal
Comment/debate
 Peer-review

Original language

English (US)

Pages from-to (Number of pages)

Pages 183-184 (2 pages)

Journal (Volume, Issue Number)

Physics Teacher (Volume 38, Issue 3)

Publication milestones

  • Published - 03/2000

Publication status

Published - 03/2000

ISSN

0031-921X

Publication IDs

  • Scopus: 85007295845

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