Forces and Braking

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Flashcards on Forces and Braking, created by Jake Perkins on 27/10/2015.
Jake Perkins
Flashcards by Jake Perkins, updated more than 1 year ago
Jake Perkins
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Friction is a force happens when... ... an object moves through a medium, e.g. air or water. ... surfaces slide past each other.
Friction works... ... against in the opposite direction to it is moving, it is a resistive force.
If a vehicle is travelling at speed... ... it faces resitive forces, mainly air resistance.
If the car is moving at a steady speed... ... the resitve force and dirving force are balanced, the resulant force is 0 N.
To is increase a vehicle's top speed you need to... ... increase the driving force or reduce the resistive forces.
The greater the speed... ... the greater the braking force needed to stop.
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