Re: [ST] 190 on rear

[Colt4530 <colt4530@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I haven't gotten to coefficient of friction, shear stress and shear 
strength of the rubber yet.  That's another "discussion".

John
'02 RS
Chattanooga

Tom Emberson wrote:
> On Wed, 18 Dec 2002, colt4530@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> 
> 
>>Didn't i reply to this before?
>>
>>The answer is yes, they will have the same contact patch area.
> 
> 
> The more I think about this, I think you are confusing contact
> patch and traction, as we all know, if you remove the fact that
> the rubber is a deformable material, it does not matter
> how big the contact patch is, with equal weight on that patch you will be
> able to be able to transmit a certain amount of force to the ground.
> 
> But when you consider that rubber is very deformable, as well each
> small amount of material can only take so much stress before it will tear
> itself, you need 2 ft. wide tires on the back.
> 
> Tom
> 
> 
> 
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