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friction
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what is the direction of friction on the front and back tyres of a cycle going west when
a.cycle is accelerating
b.velocity of cycle is constant
why?


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dude!!!!! Forget all the damn pictures and stuff....jst listen to simple stuff........friction in forward tyre would be in reverse direction and in backward tyre would be in forward direction.....frictional forces would be towards each other........resons resons??????
 
resons are simple tht if frictional force is in forward direction in forward tyre then while riding a bike the bike will stop and so friction must be in reverse direction...........Lemme tell all those people who says tht in cycle forward tyre will have forward friction....................DUDES in cycle when we push the pedal we only have control of our backward tyre and we exert force only on backward tyre......thr front tyre jst moves because of backward tyre moving......WE DO NOT APPLY ANY FORCE ON FORWARD TYRE BY OURSELF.......ITS THE BACKWARD TYRE WHICH IS APPLYING FORCE TO GROUND AND IN TURN FRICTION IS HELPING THT TYRE TO MOVE SO...... ITS CLEAR NOW THT IN BACKWARD TYRE WE HAVE FRICTION IN FORWARD DIRECTION AND IN FORWARD TYRE IN REVERSE
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27 Feb 2008 21:42:55 IST
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IF YOU ALL LIKES GLITTER AND STUFF...THEN LOOK UPTO KOUSTAV ANSWER........HES RIGHT 2..........
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28 Feb 2008 13:42:36 IST
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every one were right to some extent

inzee was totally right


but the most basic thing which can be said is thad friction will oppose the tendency of motion  of the lowermost point which is momentarily at rest.

so this explains every concept of the bike problem..........


the problem comes when the bike is on an incline..........


just remember............whether the bike moves up the incline or down the incline the friction will always be up the incline


reply if u want to me to explain this to u.............

i would need diagrams to do so..........

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28 Feb 2008 14:22:22 IST
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@most.hapening
yes i wanna noe dat!!!!
plz can u explain!!!!!!
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29 Feb 2008 19:36:10 IST
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okay, i'd like to get a thing clear here.
 
this is not the real situation wherein the cycle stops on its own. here, we discuss an ideal situation, and in such a situation, its not possible for a cycle to stop on its own (without your external forces acting on it, except friction).
 
in the real situation, the wheels are not perfectly circular, but slightly flattened at bottom. this sets up an anticlockwise torque that tends to stop the cycle.
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29 Feb 2008 19:56:43 IST
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THE ABSOLUTE ANSWER BEING THAT FRICTION ACTS BACKWARDS ON FRONT TYRE AND FORWARD ON BACK TYRES .
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29 Feb 2008 19:58:31 IST
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hey, prove it! i mean, a lot of people know how to read an answer from a book and type it out in here.
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29 Feb 2008 20:17:29 IST
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in both the cases the friction is in east direction on both the tyres.                           this is because friction will always oppose the relative motion of the tyres.



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