Recent content by AxioWolf

I think I should instead look at the force as a distribution instead of a simple point source... duh! Okay, so the distributed force is over the area: N_{total} = \frac{N}{\pi r^2} Thus, my new integral is: T_f = ∫^r_0 \frac{μ_s*N*dx}{\pi x^2} T_f = \frac{μ_s*N}{\pi }∫^r_0...

Thanks for the welcome! Yes, it sounds weird, but it's only a homework-like question. This is actually for a project I'm working on, not a homework problem for a class. According to the guidelines, this was the best forum to place it in. I just tried to list out all the knowns, unknowns and...

Homework Statement Okay, so I have a homework-like question that I need help with. It seems so simple, but I'm stumped and can't find anything online. A similar real world example if my description below isn't clear would be a clutch mechanism where one disk is pressed up against another and...