ROLLING FRICTION

Most of us have used cycles and some of us still do. You must have noticed that well filled tyres
make cycling a whole lot easier than the tyres that are not completely filled with air. This is due
to rolling friction between the tyres and the road.
When a body rolls over another body, the places of contact get deformed and a slight bump is
formed.

The bump caused in front has to be constantly overcome. It is like constantly climbing an
incline. Secondly, the adhesive forces between the two surfaces also have to be overcome
constantly. It is due to these two factors that rolling friction arises. It is denoted by fr and is given
by

= coefficient of rolling friction

R = normal reaction
r = radius of rolling body
This equation is applicable only for pure rolling and no sliding. It also must be noted that the
coefficient of rolling friction, mr, has the dimensions of length.

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