Could You Stop Friction?
There Are Several Ways to Reduce Friction: the Use of Bearing Surfaces That Are Themselves Sacrificial, Such as Low Shear Materials, of Which Lead/Copper...
There are several ways to reduce friction: The use of bearing surfaces that are themselves sacrificial, such as low shear materials, of which lead/copper journal bearings are an example. Replace sliding friction with rolling element friction, such as with the use of rolling element bearings.
What can stop friction?
- Make surfaces smooth by grinding.
- Lubrication.
- Streamlined body.
- Reduce pressure or weight on the object.
- Reduce contact between surfaces by electrostatic magnetic levitation etc.
- Use rolling friction instead of sliding friction.
- Use fluid friction instead of the dry friction.
Is it possible to eliminate friction?
Frictional force cannot be eliminated completely because of the presence of microscopic plowing that occurs even with the undulated surface. The friction coefficients obtained with the undulated surfaces without lubricants were as low as those found in boundary lubrication of flat surfaces.
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