The Uses of Friction(thediff.co)

24 pointsby firstSpeakerhá 4 anos2 comments

https://www.thediff.co/p/the-uses-of-friction

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I was really hoping this would be an article about how friction is utilized in mechanical engineering, i.e. in crimped connections [1] which depend on static friction due to compression.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crimp_(electrical)

devonalliehá 4 anos

This is what I was also expecting. The complexity in engineering a road tire is what first comes to mind.

aaron695há 4 anos