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I am trying to get new wheels for my skateboard and I am trying to make it so that I can travel around the university at the fastest rate and one of my goals it to make it so that from an initial push F it can travel the furthest. So I am trying to reduce the Friction force.
I am no expert in rolling friction but think that for our purpose the factors that are involved that I can change are the width of the tire, the hardness of it, and it's radius.
Something I'm pretty sure of is that the tires should be as wide as possible so that I don't fall on just a small rock getting in the way, and that the wheel should be hardest so that there is less hysteresis.
As far as the radius length I am unsure since having a bigger wheel would give it larger moment of inertia to resist the friction force, although the friction force would have a greater torque on the wheel.
I am wondering if you guys could tell me in physics terms how to optimize my skateboard for travel.
I am no expert in rolling friction but think that for our purpose the factors that are involved that I can change are the width of the tire, the hardness of it, and it's radius.
Something I'm pretty sure of is that the tires should be as wide as possible so that I don't fall on just a small rock getting in the way, and that the wheel should be hardest so that there is less hysteresis.
As far as the radius length I am unsure since having a bigger wheel would give it larger moment of inertia to resist the friction force, although the friction force would have a greater torque on the wheel.
I am wondering if you guys could tell me in physics terms how to optimize my skateboard for travel.