Learning Objectives

After completing today's reading, exercises, and the associated homework you should be able to:

• Define the terms
  • static friction,
  • kinetic friciton,
  • coeffcient of static friction, and
  • coefficient of kinetic friciton
• Determine if motion occurs between two surfaces subject to friciton
• Calculate the force of friction between two surfaces subject to friciton
• Incorporate friction forces into problems involving the Law of Conservation of Linear Momentum