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1. Friction is the contact resistance that one body exerts on another body when they move or try to move past each other. It acts as a force that opposes motion. 2. The maximum available frictional force depends on the normal force and the coefficient of friction. It is the largest value that friction can reach before the body begins to slide or move. 3. The document provides examples of calculating unknown forces related to static and kinetic friction, including the minimum force needed to start an object moving up or down an incline and the force required to lift a weighted object using a wedge.

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Module 10

1. Friction is the contact resistance that one body exerts on another body when they move or try to move past each other. It acts as a force that opposes motion. 2. The maximum available frictional force depends on the normal force and the coefficient of friction. It is the largest value that friction can reach before the body begins to slide or move. 3. The document provides examples of calculating unknown forces related to static and kinetic friction, including the minimum force needed to start an object moving up or down an incline and the force required to lift a weighted object using a wedge.

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UNIVERSITY OF NUEVA CACERES COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND ARCHITECTURE

Friction

I. Introduction
Friction is the contact resistance exerted by one body upon a second body when the second body
moves or tend to move past the first body. From this one could conclude that friction is a force
which tend to oppose motion or the tendency to move.

Figure 6. 1 Block on a rough Surface

Assuming that a weight W is resting on a rough surface and acted upon by a horizontal force P as
shown in Fig.6.1. If P = 0 then the frictional force F is also zero. When P is given an increasing
value, F increases until it reaches its maximum value. This maximum value of F is the maximum
available frictional force the contact surface could resist. When this value is exceeded the body
begins to move like in Figure 6.2.

Figure 6. 2 Maximum Frictional Resistance

II. Objectives
After completion of this course the student should be able to:

1. Derive the equations for determining frictional force, normal force, and angle of
friction.
2. Discuss the laws of friction.
3. Apply the laws of friction in Solving Problem in Friction forces.

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III. Maximum Frictional resistance

The Maximum available Frictional Resistance is computed by getting the product of Normal Force
N and the coefficient of friction m or using equation 6.1.
F = mN eq 6. 1
tan(Ø) = F/N eq. 6.2
tan(Ø) = m eq. 6.3

If R is the resultant of F and N in Figure 6.3, the angle between R and N depends on the value of
the frictional resistance. If F is zero then the angle is zero. As F increases the angle also increases.
The value of this angle when F is Maximum is defined as the angle of friction. Equations 6.2 and
6.3 are used to solve for the angle of Friction. It acts as its maximum value of only when motion
is impending.

Figure 6. 3 Resultant and Angle of Friction

Example 6.1 Solving for the Unknown Force on Rough Surface


The 500 N block is in contact with the 45° incline
as shown. If the Coefficient of static friction is
0.25, compute the value of P that will just start the
block up the incline and the value of P that will
prevent motion down the incline.

Solution:

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When motion is up the incline

When motion is down the incline

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Example 6.2 Solving for the Unknown Force on Rough Surface


Block A weighs 120 N and block B 200 N. If the
coefficient of friction of all surface is 0.6,
determine force P which is acting down and
parallel to the incline. What is the tension in
the cord attached to A?

Solution:

Considering block A

Considering block B

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Example 6.3 Solving for the Unknown Force on Rough Surface


In figure, two blocks A and B are connected by
a solid strut attached to each block by
frictionless pins. If the coefficient of friction
under each block is 0.25 and B weighs 270 N,
find the minimum weight of A to prevent
motion.

Solution:

tan   0 .25
  14 .03 0

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The Normal Force and the Friction Force have been simplified to its Resultant
so that there will only be three forces to be considered in BlockB. The Weight
of A, RB and C.From the force triangle formed interior angles are then
computed and sine law is applied to solve for C.

Likewise on Block A, the Normal Force and the Friction Force have been
simplified to its Resultant so only three forces will be considered, the unknown
Weight of A, RA and C. From the force triangle formed, interior angles are then
computed and sine law is applied to solve for WA.

Example 6.4 Solving for the Unknown Force on Rough Surface


The block A in figure supports a load W = 1000 lb
and is to be raised by forcing the wedge B under it.
The angle of friction of all surfaces in contact is 150.
Determine the force P needed to start motion to
the right.

Solution:

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Considering Block A, the Normal Force and the Friction Force have been
simplified to its Resultant. From the force triangle formed interior angles are
then computed and sine law is applied to solve for R2.

Considering wedge B, from the force triangle formed, interior angles are
computed and sine law is applied to solve for P.

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