Jack Shaffner, Chief Engineer for the Purdue SAE Formula Team and recent student in ME274, sent me this photo the other day of their Formula car. He asked if I could see the instant center of rotation of the rear wheel on the car. He pointed out that the least motion-blurred letter on the tire is the "Y" in Goodyear, the letter closest to the no-slip point.
Excellent photo!
2 comments:
Is the letter Y least blurred becuase it is "stationary" at this instant in time?
Yes. The "Y" is closest to the no-slip point of the tire on the ground. Therefore it has the smallest velocity and therefore the least blur.
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