FRICTION ON INCLINED PLANE

AND LADDER FRICTION

 B.E. – II, SEM- III

PRESENTED BY: GROUP 8

SR.NO. NAME ENROLLMENT NO.

1 BAGHEL POOJA R. 130330106007
2 CHAVHAN TRUSHNA H. 130330106019
3 DESMUKH DIVYA G. 130330106029
4 PARMAR HINA M. 130330106059

GUIDED BY:-
PREETI VARMA

CIVIL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

MGITER,NAVSARI.
Contents:

FRICTION ON INCLINED PLANE

LADDER FRICTION
 Friction on inclined planes
If a particle of mass m kg rests on an
inclined plane of angle θ°, the forces
Normal Reaction R
acting will be:
Friction Fr
Friction

Weight = mg
Weight
θ
Normal Reaction

To solve problems involving inclined planes, it is easier to resolve parallel and

perpendicular to the plane.
When the particle is just on the point of slipping:-

 0   Fr   mg sin   0

Resultant force is zero
 R   0    mg cos    0
       
R
Fr
Fr  mg sin 
R  mg cos 
j i θ

mg
In limiting equilibrium Fr  R
θ

mg sin   mg cos 

mg sin 

mg cos 
  tan 
So the coefficient of friction is dependent only on the angle
of the slope.

If we know the angle at which the particle just starts to

slip, we can use this to calculate the coefficient of friction.

This is particularly useful when modelling as we can do

a simple experiment to estimate a value for μ.
EXAMPLE :
A block of mass 3kg is placed on a rough horizontal table.
The table is gradually tilted until the particle begins to slip.
The block is on the point of slipping when the table is
inclined at an angle of 41o to the horizontal. Find the
coefficient of friction.
R

Particle just on point of slipping so Fr

  tan  3g

41o
  tan 41°
  0.869
EXAMPLE:
A particle of mass 10kg is at rest on a rough plane inclined at 30o to the
horizontal. A horizontal force of magnitude 10N acts on the particle.
(a) Find the magnitude of the friction force on the particle.
(b) The coefficient of friction between the particle and the slope is . Find an
inequality that  must satisfy.

Fr
10N

10g N

30o

 0   Fr   10 g sin 30   10cos30   0 

 R    0    10 g cos30   10sin 30   0 
         
  0   Fr   10 g sin 30   10cos30   0 
 R    0    10 g cos30   10sin 30   0 
         

(a) Fr  10 g sin30  10cos30  40.3N

(b) R  10 g cos30  10sin 30  89.9 N

The friction inequality states Fr   R

Fr 10 g sin 30  10cos30
 
R 10 g cos30  10sin 30
  0.449
LADDER FRICTION:-

The ladder is a
device for
climbing or
scaling on the
roofs or walls.
It is made of
wood or iron.
• There are two
long pieces in the Ladder friction
ladder to which
many small cross
pieces called rugs
are connected at
equal distances to
work as steps.

• The necessary
and sufficient
conditions of
equilibrium for
the ladder are:

ΣFx =0
Σ Fy =0
Σ Mi =0
FORCES ACTING ON THE LADDER

WL = Self weight of ladder through c.g. of ladder

Wm = Weight of man standing on ladder
Rf = Reaction by the floor on the ladder
Ff = Friction force between ladder and floor
Rw = Reaction by wall on the ladder
Fw = Friction force between ladder and wall.
As the upper end of the ladder tends to slip downwards, therefore friction force
between wall and ladder will be upwards.

Similarly, as the lower end of the ladder tends to slip away from the wall,
therefore the force of friction between floor and ladder will be towards the wall.
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