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Re: Centripetal F from friction



At 03:45 AM 11/1/01 -0500, Ludwik Kowalski wrote:

I have no idea how to solve this problem.

Yes, you do. You had it 98% solved in your original note.

High-school geometry suffices. Extend each axle to be a line not just a
line segment. If necessary (to account for different-radius wheels)
consider the orthogonal projection of each line onto the plane of
motion. The point of intersection of these axle-line-shadows is the center
of the motion. What's the problem?

Tilting of otherwise-ideal wheels does not even cause any trouble.