Friction (or lack thereof)

Kinja'd!!! "webmonkees" (kayoteq-of-the-forest)
02/18/2015 at 11:29 • Filed to: snow, suv, slide, sorry

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is not itself a fundamental force but arises from interatomic and intermolecular forces between the two contacting surfaces. The complexity of these interactions makes the calculation of friction from first principles impractical and necessitates the use of empirical methods for analysis and the development of theory.


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