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Chapter 6.1-6.3
Important Vocabulary:
Normal Force
Contact Force
Tension
Coefficient of Friction
Friction: the most important everyday force,
next to gravity!
F
N
Ff
Fg
The force of friction ..…..
F f N
Friction depends on whether or not the
object is moving.
• Static friction: friction for object at rest.
• Kinetic friction: friction for moving object.
Static Kinetic
V>0
V=0
=0 =.05
F T F1
a F2 F T
M1 M 2 M 1a
M2
M1 F
F M1 M 2
M1 M 2
a a
NOTE: Why is the diagram for mass 2 correct? Isn’t it moving in the y axis?
Accelerating tethered blocks.
M2
a g Does this make sense? Check it
M1 M 2 by looking at limits of M2.
Tethered blocks: add one more!
T1 T2
T2
M3g
( M 1 M 2 M 3 )a M 3 g
T2 T1 M 2 a
Do on “board” then reveal
M3
M 3 g T2 M 3 a a g
M1 M 2 M 3