re Re: understeer/oversteer definition

["Smith, Kirby A" <kirby.a.smith@lmco.com>]

"Graydon D. Stuckey" <graydon@apollo.kettering.edu> wrote in response to the
following:

> instantaneous basis though normal force times coefficient of friction is
what
> determines  the force of friction which is offsetting the centripetal
force. I

Very good.  Friction "force" is correct, and "Centripetal" would please my
physic profs much more than "centrifugal."  I forget the explanation. That
sounds like something Gross could explain.
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As I recall, what your Audi's tire's friction is doing is generating the
centripetal force that allows you to go in a circle.  Otherwise conservation
of momentum would keep you going in a straight line (serious understeer).
There is no centrifugal force in this scenario (or most others).

                .... Kirby   (Kirby A. Smith)
                              2 x 1988 90q
                          New Hampshire USA