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To: Abathar

Just a couple thoughts:

1) Does "reduced rolling resistance" equate to lowered braking ability?
2) Citrus Oil? Is my morning OJ now gonna cost more so someone feels better about the fact they aren't using as much petroleum in their tires?


15 posted on 02/15/2007 10:56:41 AM PST by Comstock1 (If it's a miracle, Colour Sergeant, it's a short chamber Boxer Henry point 45 caliber miracle.)
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To: Comstock1
"Citrus Oil? Is my morning OJ now gonna cost more so someone feels better about the fact they aren't using as much petroleum in their tires?"

The recent freezes in Florida and California have caused the prices of tires to inflate!

21 posted on 02/15/2007 11:01:31 AM PST by TommyDale (What will Rudy do in the War on Terror? Implement gun control on insurgents and Al Qaeda?)
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To: Comstock1

Not necessarily. A cylindrical or spherical body rolling on a surface is slightly flattened at the contact points, because of the load carried by the rolling body. This flattening is not fixed at one point with respect to the rolling body, but moves in a direction opposite to the direction of spin of the body. This frequent distortion, which causes internal friction within the material of the body, is the reason for the resistance.


Now a body without rolling resistance would ideally be perfectly round in its cross section, when rolling, or would have zero internal friction within the material of the body, as it deforms. So if the case is the former, then yes, there will be less area of contact with the surface, possibly increasing the rolling body's tendency to skid. In the latter case, this is not neccessarily so.


23 posted on 02/15/2007 11:05:01 AM PST by CarrotAndStick (The articles posted by me needn't necessarily reflect my opinion.)
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