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EXAMPLE 5.8 Delivering the goods
In this example we will calculate the coufficients of static and kinede friction using Equations 5.1 and 5.2
along with Newton's second law of motion. Suppose that a delivery company has just unloaded a 500 N
crate full of home exercise equipment in your level driveway. You find that to get it started moving toward
your garage, you have to pull with a horizontal force of magnitude 230 N. Once the crate "breaks loose"
and starts to move, you can keep it moving at constant velocity with only 200 N of force. What are the coef-
ficients of static and kinetic friction?
SOLUTION
SET UP As shown in Figure 5.16, the forces acting on the crate are
its weight (magnitude w), the force applied by the rope (magnitude 7),
and the normal and frictional components (magnitudes n and f, respec-
tively) of the contact force the driveway surface exerts on the crate. We
draw free-body diagrams for the crate at the instant it starts to move
(when the static-friction force is maximum) and while it is in motion.
SOLVE Whether the crate is moving or not, the friction force opposes
your pull because it tends to prevent the crate from sliding relative to
the surface. An instant before the crate starts to move, the static-friction
force has its maximum possible value, fs,max= n. The state of rest
and the state of motion with constant velocity are both equilibrium con-
ditions. Remember that w, n, and f are the magnitudes of the forces;
some of the components have negative signs. For example, the magni-
tude of the weight is 500 N, but its y component is -500 N. We write
Newton's second law in component form, F, = 0 and ΣF, = 0, for
the crate. Then
EF, = n + (-w) = n 500 N = 0,
EF=T + (-fs) = 230 Nfs = 0,
fs, max = μgn
(motion about to start),
fs, max
μg =
n
230 N
500 N
= 0.46.
n = 500 N.
fs = 230 N,
After the crate starts to move, the friction force becomes kinetic friction
(Figure 5.16c). The crate moves with constant velocity, so it is still in
equilibrium. Thus, the vector sum of the forces is still zero, and we have
ΣF, = n + (-w) = n - 500 N = 0,
ΣF, = T + (-fk) = 200 Nfk = 0,
(moving).
fk = μkn
n = 500 N,
fk = 200 N,
(a) Pulling a crate
A FIGURE 5.16
s,max T-230 N
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(b) Free-body diagram
for crate just before it
starts to move
pk =
The coefficient of kinetic friction is
fk
w=500 N
n
200 N
500 N
Video Tutor Solution
Y
fkT-200 N
-X
= 0.40.
w=500 N
(c) Free-body diagram
for crate moving at
constant speed
REFLECT There is no vertical motion, so ay = 0 and n = w. It is
easier to keep the crate moving than to start it moving from rest because
kg. Note, however, that just as the crate begins to move, the ac-
celeration is nonzero while the velocity changes from zero to its final,
constant value.
Practice Problem: Suppose you wet down your driveway prior to
delivery, so that s = 0.30 and k = 0.25. What horizontal force is
required to start the crate moving? What force is required to keep it
sliding at constant velocity? Answers: 150 N, 125 N.