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Air Friction
Air friction, or air drag, is an example of fluid friction. Unlike the standard model of surface friction, such friction forces are velocity dependent.
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Friction: slowing things down
An interesting page on various aspects of friction.
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Roll With The Changes (Friction)
Friction - The force that slows you down and gets you going - investigate
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Friction
A few good definitions relating to friction.
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Free body force diagram block on an inclined plane
Shows how the normal force, friction and total force change when the body's weight, the coefficient of friction or angle of incline are changed.
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Rub a Dub
Worksheet intended for use investigating the effects of increasing/decreasing friction.
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Forces and Motion
A collection of interesting experiments dealing with friction, rockets and aerodynamics.
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Frictional force
Animation to show how three blocks will move with different masses and coefficients of friction, including a mathematical analysis
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Force and Work Java Applet
Interactive via mouse activity with numerical and graphical display. Mass and coefficient of friction can be varied.
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Newton's Second Law With Friction
Experiment to show how the mass of a body and/or force on a body can affect its kinetic energy.
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