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Re: [Phys-l] Another tire question



There was an AJP article (some time ago) that said just this, as I
remember. I shall try to resurrect the reference.
Bob Sciamanda
Physics, Edinboro Univ of PA (Emeritus)
www.winbeam.com/~trebor
trebor@winbeam.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Edmiston" <edmiston@bluffton.edu>
To: "Forum for Physics Educators" <phys-l@carnot.physics.buffalo.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2007 1:55 PM
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
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