Statics › Section I · Friction › Topic I.2
Slipping versus tipping
Push a tall object hard enough and it gives way in one of two ways: it slides along the floor or it tips over an edge. Statics predicts which comes first, and that prediction is how engineers make bookcases, vending machines and loaded vehicles safe.
In this topic
- Two ways to give way
- The slipping check
- The tipping check
- Compare and decide
- Watching the normal force move
- Worked example: a tall bookcase
- Push height and the critical height
- Slipping or tipping on a slope
- Worked example: a crate on a tipping bed
- Common mistakes to avoid
- Key takeaways
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