What force causes an automobile to move?
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What force causes an automobile to move? A propeller-driven airplane? A rowboat?
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What force causes an automobile to move? A propeller-driven airplane? A rowboat?
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March 28th, 2010 at 4:49 am
All are propelled by mechanical forces. johnandeileen2000
April 1st, 2010 at 1:34 pm
Friction between the tires and ground (coupled with elastic forces in the tire) causes an automobile to move.
A propeller is just a rotating wing. It generates thrust (axial lift) by rapidly pushing air backwards, creating high pressure behind the propeller, and low pressure in front of it. This leads to a net forward force on the propeller.
An oar generates thrust the same way as an propeller. As the oar moves through the water, it creates high pressure on the ‘back’ side of the oar, and low pressure on the ‘front’ side. Thus there is a net forward force on the oar, and a backward force on the water in its path. lithiumdeuteride
April 2nd, 2010 at 5:04 pm
its all based on newtons third law eery force has an equal opposite reaction force torque turns the tire on a car and the tire grips and the road pushes it forward by applying equal opposte reacton force to the torque, you see when the tire slips you dont move
plane is the exhaust coming out of the engine is coming with high force and it pushes the plane forward 1999 Nissan Skyline GTR Vspec
April 4th, 2010 at 4:06 pm
Fa ( applied force) and Ff (friction forece) marielle