• In astrophysics, dynamical friction or Chandrasekhar friction, sometimes called gravitational drag, is loss of momentum and kinetic energy of moving bodies...
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    and were later found in periodic rough surfaces. In particular, friction-related dynamical instabilities are thought to be responsible for brake squeal and...
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    processes such as relaxation, mass segregation, tidal forces, and dynamical friction that influence the trajectories of the system's members. There are...
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    cluster mass, of the total baryon mass within 12.5 virial radii. Dynamical friction is believed to play an important role in the formation of cD galaxies...
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  • Tribology (category Friction)
    Tribology is the science and engineering of understanding friction, lubrication and wear phenomena for interacting surfaces in relative motion. It is highly...
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  • dimensionless friction factor, known as the Darcy friction factor. This is also variously called the Darcy–Weisbach friction factor, friction factor, resistance...
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    "On the Dynamical Origins of Retrograde Jupiter Trojans and their Connection to High-Inclination TNOs". Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy...
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  • Parabolic orbit Hyperbolic orbit Radial orbit Decaying orbit Equations Dynamical friction Escape velocity Kepler's equation Kepler's laws of planetary motion...
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    this complex dynamical problem involved a set of twenty partial differential equations, describing a new quantity he termed "dynamical friction", which has...
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  • particular, the Poincaré recurrence theorem) and the general theory of dynamical systems. He introduced the important concept of bifurcation points and...
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    mathematical modeling of the dynamic behavior of systems and designing them, usually using feedback signals, so that their dynamic behavior is desirable (stable...
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    physical process behind this galaxy-galaxy merger is dynamical friction. The time-scales for dynamical friction on luminous (or L*) galaxies suggest that fossil...
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  • equation with high efficiency and accuracy". Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy. 51 (4): 319–330. Bibcode:1991CeMDA..51..319N. doi:10.1007/BF00052925...
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    Nice model (category Solar System dynamic theories)
    planets eventually reach their final orbital semi-major axes, and dynamical friction with the remaining planetesimal disc damps their eccentricities and...
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    celestial body. This method is usually executed in the Earth-Moon system. Dynamical friction Flyby anomaly, an anomalous delta-v increase during gravity assists...
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  • some mechanism brings them together. The most important mechanism is dynamical friction, which transfers kinetic energy from the black holes to nearby matter...
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  • resistance to motion. These two categories of friction are respectively termed static friction and dynamic friction. It is a force which is applied to an object...
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  • Lyapunov stability (category Dynamical systems)
    solutions of differential equations or difference equations describing dynamical systems. The most important type is that concerning the stability of solutions...
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    another and is the point about which the bodies orbit. A barycenter is a dynamical point, not a physical object. It is an important concept in fields such...
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    supply line. Dynamic braking reduces wear on friction-based braking components, and regeneration lowers net energy consumption. Dynamic braking may also...
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  • 154–164. Chandrasekhar, S. (1943). Dynamical friction. I. General considerations: the coefficient of dynamical friction. Astrophysical Journal, 97, 255–262...
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    equal quantity of movement for the boat in the other direction (ignoring friction / drag). Consider the following system: In the following derivation, "the...
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    lifespan, satellite galaxies orbiting in the dark matter halo experience dynamical friction and consequently descend deeper into the gravitational potential of...
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    two-body model) of the actual minimum distance to the Sun using the full dynamical model. Precise predictions of perihelion passage require numerical integration...
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    January 2019. Koon, W. S.; M. W. Lo; J. E. Marsden; S. D. Ross (2006). Dynamical Systems, the Three-Body Problem, and Space Mission Design. Archived (PDF)...
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    decreases to the value corresponding to load times the dynamic friction. Since this frictional force will be lower than the static value, the load accelerates...
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