The direction of the force of friction is opposite of the direction of the motion.
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The direction of the force of friction is such that it opposes the direction of motion that an object would move if there were no frictional force acting on the object. Edit Share to:
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Static friction always opposes relative motion at the point of contact. There are two cases possible: 1)It orients itself in direction and magnitude in such a way that the relative acceleration of the contact point is zero. 2)If this is not possible(such as in friction is too small to prevent motion),it tries to minimize the relative acceleration.
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Static frictional force acts on the front wheel from left to right (opposite to the motion of the bicycle) and on the rear wheel from right to left (in the direction of motion of the bicycle). This is a friendly force which helps bicycle move forward and no work is done against it.
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This friction should be and is opposite in direction to the direction of force applied by the rear tyres. When the front tyres are turned the direction of static friction is changed(radially inward) means the direction of static friction is not opposite to the direction of applied force as shown:
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Friction force act on bicycle tires in opposite direction. If the tires are moving anticlockwise, then the bike is moving left across your field of vision. But the bottom of the bike tire is moving left to right, so friction is moving right to left. Friction force acts in the opposite direction of travel.
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In my example only 2 forces are applied, one weight of body, which conveniently does not account for direction in this case and the other force applied at the top of a wheel, the tire tends to turn and the bottom point tends to move in opposite direction of applied force, so friction is applied in the direction of force to resist motion of bottom point.
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Relative to the person pushing the box the frictional force is opposite to direction of travel but relative to a person standing next to the train the frictional force is the same direction as the box is travelling. Since motion is relative then yes friction can point in the direction of motion. This would only work if the thing that is causing the friction is moving in the opposite direction to the force pushing the object. An example is a person pushing a heavy box from the front to the rear of a fast moving train.
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Since motion is relative then yes friction can point in the direction of motion.This would only work if the thing that is causing the friction is.
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Definitely not opposite to direction of force, it depends on the tendency of direction of motion of point of contact, if you push a tyre from top then the bottom point tends to move backwards and then the friction is also forward and in the same direction as that of applied force.
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what direction does friction point
The direction of the force of friction is opposite of the direction of the motion.