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proved reliable. In 1969, Ford
introduced an
anti-lock
braking system called "Sure-Track" to the rear
wheels of the
Lincoln Continental Mark III and Ford...
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Types of
friction include dry, fluid, lubricated, skin, and internal.
Friction can have
dramatic consequences, as
illustrated by the use of
friction created...
- this
rolling friction. A car on a
slippery surface can
slide a long way with
little control over
orientation if the
driver "locks" the
wheels in stationary...
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force may lead to skids. For example,
railroad wheels have
little traction, and
friction brakes without an
anti-skid
mechanism often lead to skids,
which increases...
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produces the
maximum frictional, and thus
braking force. When
wheels are
slipping significantly (kinetic
friction), the
amount of
friction available for braking...
- disengaged). A dry
clutch uses dry
friction to
transfer power from the
input shaft to the
output shaft, for
example a
friction disk
pressing on a car engine's...
- flutter, it
slows the
chair and
shifts weight to the
front wheels.
There are
several online anti-flutter kits for retro****ing
wheelchair casters in this...
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problem which occurs when the rear
wheels lose traction,
resulting in oversteer. This can be
caused by low-
friction surfaces (sand, gravel, rain, snow...
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sliding friction provides a
greater proportion of the
force that
slows the vehicle. Due to
local heating and
melting of the tires, the
sliding friction can...
- Rocket:
Robot on
Wheels is a
platform game
developed by
Sucker Punch Productions and
published by Ubi Soft for the
Nintendo 64. It
marked the
first game...
