David Miller wrote:
>The first half of this is a good observation. The second half, however, >is all wrong. Sorry:( > > Why is that? If the coefficient of friction remains constant (an assumption) then the frictional force should be proportional to the normal force which is directly related to torque. No? (I am thinking of the conrod and crankshaft bearings, or is that not where the majority of losses occur?) Joe _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
