Thursday, September 15, 2011

How to calculate friction force created by F1 car?

How would you calculate the force created by tyres from an F1 car during cornering? The reason for this is that I want to be able to calculate the centripetal force, and then work out the friction force to meet/exceed it etc? Anyone knowledge on the subject would greatly be appreciated, I'm struggling to find stuff on the internet. |||This might be just what you are looking for:


http://www.batesville.k12.in.us/physics/鈥?/a>





If the turn isn't banked, just put theta = 0 in the equation, or go back a couple of pages for the much simpler example on a flat surface.





Using u to represent the coeffficient of friction, note that the formula


[ tan(theta) + u ) ] / [ (1 - u tan(theta) ]


is equivalent to:


tan(theta + phi) where tan(phi) = u.





That makes solution a lot simpler if it is u you want to calculate.

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