I think you're referring to sliding friction not rolling resistance. I may have confused things by switching to the term rolling friction. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolling_resistance
I'm not considering sliding friction here assuming that there is enough friction to keep the ball...
I don't want to know an actual value for the rolling friction which would depend on the ball and the surface characteristics. I just want to know how to treat the force when decomposing the equation of motion into x and y components. I can really just plug in any value for that and it will...
I'm afraid I am talking about deformation of the ball and or the surface. This is not an exam, but real life.
The rolling resistance I'm referring to is also known as rolling friction. It is caused by the deformation of the ball or the surface and is what causes a ball to eventually stop...
Hi All,
I'm trying to figure out how to model a rolling ball in the x y plane.
I've started with the basic equation of motion with constant acceleration
d = v_{}0t + 1/2at^{}2
v_{}0 is the initial velocity
a is acceleration
t is time
Assume that v is a vector at an angle \alpha...