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V. On rolling-friction

Author(s) -

Osborne Reynolds

Publication year - 1875

Publication title -

proceedings of the royal society of london

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2053-9126

pISSN - 0370-1662

DOI - 10.1098/rspl.1874.0080

Subject(s) - coefficient of friction , plane (geometry) , inclined plane , friction coefficient , coulomb friction , surface (topology) , resistance (ecology) , mechanics , materials science , physics , law , structural engineering , classical mechanics , mathematics , engineering , composite material , mechanical engineering , geometry , biology , political science , ecology , nonlinear system , quantum mechanics

The motion of a roller or wheel on a surface is always attended with resistance. Coulomb made some experiments with wooden rollers on a wooden plane, from which he deduced two laws, viz. that the resistance is proportional to the weight of the roller, and inversely proportional to its diameter. These laws have since been found to apply to other substances, a different coefficient being used in each case. Beyond this, however, nothing appears hitherto to have been ascertained as regards the nature of this resistance to rolling. The source from which it springs does not appear to have been made the subject of investigation.

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