Thank you for your fast reply Mapes!
To complicate maters - the surface is rubber and steel for the cylinder. So there is quite a bit of deformation done to the rubber while rolling / sliding / torsion. The force for rolling, measured in the axis, is significantly lower than in sliding. I...
Energy "lost" in rolling, sliding and torsion
Hey everybody,
I have a question concerning three states and the state of energy in them.
1. Rolling
2. Sliding
3. Torsion
For example:
If I have a steel cylinder with diameter d on an axis (no friction in the axis) rolling horizontally over a...