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    Friction (redirect from Sliding friction)
    be rationalized by an energy model. During sliding, a new surface forms at the back of a sliding true contact, and existing surface disappears at the front...
    74 KB (8,805 words) - 12:34, 12 May 2024
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    Rolling Contact Fatigue (RCF) is a phenomenon that occurs in mechanical components relating to rolling/sliding contact, such as railways, gears, and bearings...
    6 KB (1,492 words) - 20:18, 12 April 2024
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    due to sliding contact with another object. It smooths the surface and makes it shinier. Burnishing may occur on any sliding surface if the contact stress...
    11 KB (1,561 words) - 05:47, 28 April 2024
  • dynamic sliding contact problems is that there is more variety in the state of different surface particles. Whereas the contact patch in a sliding problem...
    31 KB (5,014 words) - 12:59, 20 November 2023
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    different principle which replaces the sliding brush contact with a pool of liquid metal molecularly bonded to the contacts. During rotation the liquid metal...
    9 KB (979 words) - 09:12, 20 February 2024
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    A plain bearing, or more commonly sliding contact bearing and slide bearing (in railroading sometimes called a solid bearing, journal bearing, or friction...
    35 KB (3,600 words) - 19:45, 17 April 2024
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    of wear caused by adhesion between sliding surfaces. When a material galls, some of it is pulled with the contacting surface, especially if there is a...
    17 KB (2,285 words) - 10:55, 25 October 2023
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    and its contents above the ground are rolling contact; sliding contact; intermittent contact; no contact at all as with anything carried; or some combination...
    5 KB (503 words) - 07:38, 22 February 2024
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    Potentiometer (redirect from Volume Slider)
    A potentiometer is a three-terminal resistor with a sliding or rotating contact that forms an adjustable voltage divider. If only two terminals are used...
    28 KB (3,694 words) - 00:32, 25 May 2024
  • Sliding friction (also called kinetic friction) is a contact force that resists the sliding motion of two objects or an object and a surface. Sliding...
    5 KB (777 words) - 01:44, 18 April 2024
  • known voltage from a resistive slide wire is compared with an unknown voltage by means of a galvanometer. The sliding contact or wiper of the potentiometer...
    9 KB (1,214 words) - 20:42, 4 January 2022
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    conductive material like carbon press against the commutator, making sliding contact with successive segments of the commutator as it rotates. The windings...
    29 KB (3,867 words) - 18:38, 23 May 2024
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    oxide layer glazes, prevent or reduce wear during high-temperature sliding contact of metallic (or metallic and ceramic) surfaces. Thermal oxidation is...
    48 KB (6,257 words) - 20:27, 26 May 2024
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    current via sliding contacts. However, the practical construction of such arrangements requires the provision of reliable high speed sliding contacts. Although...
    34 KB (3,972 words) - 18:46, 15 April 2024
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    where there is no sliding contact. The distance actually covered on the line of action is then called line of contact. The line of contact begins at the intersection...
    8 KB (898 words) - 16:23, 3 January 2024
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    area. The current collector assembly use sliding shoes that run on rails. Depending on the size of crane, contact rails may be copper wires, copper bars...
    8 KB (869 words) - 01:18, 24 March 2024
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    must survive high temperatures and harsh conditions with a high-speed sliding contact. Lubrication is particularly difficult as the rings have an oscillating...
    13 KB (1,347 words) - 20:36, 2 April 2024
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    approximation, each asperity contact during sliding is equivalent to a stationary one; there is no direct coupling between the sliding velocity and electron...
    86 KB (9,262 words) - 22:13, 21 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Contact lens
    Contact lenses, or simply contacts, are thin lenses placed directly on the surface of the eyes. Contact lenses are ocular prosthetic devices used by over...
    89 KB (10,779 words) - 20:54, 31 May 2024
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    he is very close to the base he is approaching and slides along the ground to reach the base. Sliding is widely considered to be an essential component...
    8 KB (1,192 words) - 16:47, 25 April 2024
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