Taylor Emma

A senior editor for The Mars that left the company to join the team of SenseCentral as a news editor and content creator. An artist by nature who enjoys video games, guitars, action figures, cooking, painting, drawing and good music.
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Definition of Sliding Friction

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What is Rolling Friction?

For a moving solid body, there are two principal types of friction…

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surface friction

Resistance to movement of air flowing along the surface of the earth…

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Frictional contact mechanics

Contact mechanics is the study of the deformation of solids that touch each other at one or…

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Epicyclic Trains

One or more of the wheels of the gear train are now…

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Gear Trains

Definitions A gear train is a set or system of gears arranged to transfer…

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What is a spur gear ?

Spur gears are the most easily visualized common gears that transmit motion…

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INVOLUTE GEAR PROFILE

Involute Tooth Profile Imagine pulleys with simple indentations on their periphery equally…

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Law of Gearing

Consider the portions of the two teeth, one on the wheel 1…

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Gear Terminology

Pitch:  The size of each tooth on the gear.  Teeth:  The number of…

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