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Re: [Phys-l] Another tire question



By "wheel", I assume you mean the steel hub (rim)

P.S.
The Phys-share archive that Bowman mentioned is must reading for this
thread.

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Joel Rauber
Department of Physics - SDSU

Joel.Rauber@sdstate.edu
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| -----Original Message-----
| From: phys-l-bounces@carnot.physics.buffalo.edu
| [mailto:phys-l-bounces@carnot.physics.buffalo.edu] On Behalf
| Of Michael Edmiston
| Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2007 12:56 PM
| To: Forum for Physics Educators
| Subject: Re: [Phys-l] Another tire question
|
| I remember discussions from years ago when a group of
| physicists came to the conclusion the the wheel actually
| hangs from the bead of the tire.
|
| The bead is the area of contact between the tire and the
| wheel. That's where the upward force of the tire is acting
| on the wheel. The bead is very strong, and nowadays has
| steel cable in it. The wheel is essentially hanging from that cable.
|
|
| Michael D. Edmiston, Ph.D.
| Professor of Chemistry and Physics
| Bluffton University
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