Primary Recipient

LAMAR UNIVERSITY

Amount

$119,342.00

Award Date

1/14/2010

Administering Agency

National Science Foundation

CDFA Number

47.082

CDFA Program Title

Trans-NSF Recovery Act Reasearch Support

Description

Triboloby teaches that the lateral force required to slide two surfcaes against each other (friction force) is in fact proportional to the contact area. Tha Amonton law, therefore, is a special case in which the contact area of a rough surface happens to