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mahoutekiyo
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Hi everyone ^ ^
I was recently looking into the calculation to discover the turning radius of a vehicle and something peaked my interest about the way rear tires turn. I know it is common sense to just take for granted that in most FR cars these days, power is delivered to a differential which is allows the inside wheel to spin more slowly than the outside wheel.
I'm not an expert in physics, but it just doesn't make sense to me that has a very specific direction in which force is applied can turn without having a force applied in the perpendicular direction.
I do believe that the concept of centripetal force is explained in the reverse manner, which I am using as the basis for my ignorance, in which a given object which is spun in a circle actually only feels the effect of one distinct force which is changing direction, centripetal acceleration, ne? That only makes sense because, say you spin a ball attached to a string around you, you continuously produce this changing force.
Again, the force for a rear tire in an FR car goes only one direction. Therefore I assume that it fights a drag force of some kind, but I am not sure exactly how that works. Anyone care to enlighten? Feel free to criticize too. ='P
I was recently looking into the calculation to discover the turning radius of a vehicle and something peaked my interest about the way rear tires turn. I know it is common sense to just take for granted that in most FR cars these days, power is delivered to a differential which is allows the inside wheel to spin more slowly than the outside wheel.
I'm not an expert in physics, but it just doesn't make sense to me that has a very specific direction in which force is applied can turn without having a force applied in the perpendicular direction.
I do believe that the concept of centripetal force is explained in the reverse manner, which I am using as the basis for my ignorance, in which a given object which is spun in a circle actually only feels the effect of one distinct force which is changing direction, centripetal acceleration, ne? That only makes sense because, say you spin a ball attached to a string around you, you continuously produce this changing force.
Again, the force for a rear tire in an FR car goes only one direction. Therefore I assume that it fights a drag force of some kind, but I am not sure exactly how that works. Anyone care to enlighten? Feel free to criticize too. ='P