Introduction to Biomechanics for Human Motion
Analysis
Second Edition
Waterloo Biomechanics
Chapter 4: Dry Friction
Important terms:
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Dry Friction
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Normal and Tangential
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Static Friction
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Kinetic Friction
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Normal Force
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Impending Motion
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Coefficients of Friction
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Angle of Friction
Link
to glossary
Key
Concepts
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Normal and Tangential Axes
(4.1, pp.61-62, Figures 4.1 and 4.2)
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Laws of Dry Friction (4.1,
pp.62-66)
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Forces of Friction (4.1,
p.62, Figure
4.3)
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Empirical Determining
Coefficients
of Friction (4.2, pp.67-70, Figures 4.8 and 4.9)