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Re: Friction

At 04:21 10/18/00 -0500, you wrote:
From: Doug Craigen <dcc@ESCAPE.CA>

shouldn't the boat be addressed as a viscosity problem rather than a
friction problem

Quite right. But then, if Humpty Dumpty can redefine "glory" to mean
"a nice knock-down argument," Mr. Denker can redefine static/kinetic
friction to mean viscous drag.

Glenn A. Carlson
gcarlson@mail.win.org

Physics, Starling & Woodall, chapter 5 is titled, "Friction - Viscosity".
It remarks that a fluid's inability to support a shearing stress is easier
to understand than the comparable effect, "friction" - in solds.

I should mention that the thread on cause and effect appeared to me
to be approaching collegiality in comparison with some previous debates.


brian whatcott <inet@intellisys.net> Altus OK
Eureka!