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Re: [ST] 190 on rear
- Subject: Re: [ST] 190 on rear
- From: Colt4530 <colt4530@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2002 15:28:22 -0500
I haven't gotten to coefficient of friction, shear stress and shear
strength of the rubber yet. That's another "discussion".
John
'02 RS
Chattanooga
Tom Emberson wrote:
> On Wed, 18 Dec 2002, colt4530@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
>
>>Didn't i reply to this before?
>>
>>The answer is yes, they will have the same contact patch area.
>
>
> The more I think about this, I think you are confusing contact
> patch and traction, as we all know, if you remove the fact that
> the rubber is a deformable material, it does not matter
> how big the contact patch is, with equal weight on that patch you will be
> able to be able to transmit a certain amount of force to the ground.
>
> But when you consider that rubber is very deformable, as well each
> small amount of material can only take so much stress before it will tear
> itself, you need 2 ft. wide tires on the back.
>
> Tom
>
>
>
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