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  Jacob's Alaskan Trip

  Jacob's Alaskan Trip
   
  
  Jacob was a physics student at the University of Texas in Austin, Texas, USA.  His hometown was a small city called Soldotna in the Kenai Peninsula in the US state of Alaska. Soldotna's winter was extremely cold w...

  • June 12, 2021

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    Tanveer Tausif Ratul The 1st phenomena is the result of "friction" which opposes the vehicle's tyre rubber from sliding on slippery roads.The tread on the tires gripped the road surface while jacob was driving and from common sense,it can be realized that jacob's...  moreThe 1st phenomena is the result of "friction" which opposes the vehicle's tyre rubber from sliding on slippery roads.The tread on the tires gripped the road surface while jacob was driving and from common sense,it can be realized that jacob's car had winter tyres which have deeper tread.The treads grip the ice well enough & larger frictional force is produced there as the area of contact becomes larger.Treads have certain patterns that push
    away the ice and snow.So he could drive safely.If no tread, there will be less friction and driving will become unsafe.
    
    Jacob's shoes slipped because uppermost ice layer contains thin water layer on it.Deeper ice layers stick to each other well but upper layers are very loose as they always remain in contact with air.While walking, jacob's shoes rubbed on ice that caused friction.Friction created heat and heat helped to melt the ice which made it more slippery.
    Frictional force is produced where there is a kinetic force acting between the two...    less

    • June 13, 2021
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    Tanveer Tausif Ratul objects.When Jacob was rubbing his hand,a frictional force was produced which was emitted as heat.That energy didn't not come from the atmosphere, but rather the energy he was spending to overcome the frictional forces.

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    Abrar Ibne Amin Jim All the situations described above hints at Newton’s 3rd Law & specifically Frictional force.
    
    1) Situation-1, Jacob’s car could travel the road despite the road was slippery. This happened as the tires had enough grooves to increase friction....  moreAll the situations described above hints at Newton’s 3rd Law & specifically Frictional force.
    
    1) Situation-1, Jacob’s car could travel the road despite the road was slippery. This happened as the tires had enough grooves to increase friction. Friction increases due to rough surface, so the tires could make a firm grip on the road and prevent slipping. But if the tires hadn’t enough groove it could felt due to the smooth icy road.
    
    2) 2nd situation where Jacob slipped on the ground due to wearing regular shoes. Although static friction occurred it wasn’t enough to stop slipping as the shoes of Jacob didn’t have enough grip to increase friction.
    
    3) We can see in the 3rd situation that through rubbing his palms together, Jacob felt warm on both palms. This occurred due to sliding friction. The molecules in the palms of Jacob’s started moving quickly. Static electricity was produced due to the sliding friction. Thus this static electricity converted into heat energy. So friction is the root of this.  less

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    Abdullah Masud In his wonderful journey, he has met some of the interesting and fundamental laws of physics. First of all, it can be noticed that surface of the ice is slippery. So in order to prevent skidding, the tire of the car had a grooved pattern moulded into the...  moreIn his wonderful journey, he has met some of the interesting and fundamental laws of physics. First of all, it can be noticed that surface of the ice is slippery. So in order to prevent skidding, the tire of the car had a grooved pattern moulded into the rubber surface and are properly inflated which increases the amount of friction force acting on the car and so the car can move smoothly through the ice. Secondly, it is quite good to mention that normal shoes are not built to create a lot of frictional force, so as the ice is slippery, due to less frictional force, Mr Jacob slips.
    In order to prevent slipping on ice, ice boots have quite a good surface that can create a lot of friction with the ice, preventing the user of the boots from sleeping. Thirdly, rubbing hands is also an example of friction. Rubbing hands allows surfaces from both the hands to come into contact and rub against each other and this movement causes friction force to convert the kinetic energy of the hands into the thermal...    less

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    Shafaat Shams 1. The snowy road
    is so slippery and doesn’t have enough grips. Jacob’s Car was useful there; it
    gives power to all 4 wheels at the same time. With the help of heavy car
    weight, those 4 tires made 4 friction points. The more friction it made,...  more1. The snowy road
    is so slippery and doesn’t have enough grips. Jacob’s Car was useful there; it
    gives power to all 4 wheels at the same time. With the help of heavy car
    weight, those 4 tires made 4 friction points. The more friction it made, the
    more grip the car got. He might use frictional tires for getting more grips. In
    consequence of that, he moved easily.
    
    
    2.
    On the ice, there are
    unstable water molecules that are weakly bonded to the crystal. When Jacob
    walked on ice, the molecules began to move freely. His shoes had not enough
    friction point to grip in ice. As a result, his foot did not get enough static
    friction force to hold him in place & he slipped.
    
    
    3.
    Jacob’s hands came in contact & move relative to each
    other; the friction between the two hand surfaces converts kinetic energy into
    thermal energy. Thermal energy made his hand wormer and made it safe from being
    frozen.  less

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