Archives for: February 2010

Where There's Smoke, There's Tire

02/23/10 | by diandra [mail] | Categories: Tires, rubber, Grip
NASCAR, tires, race cars, smoke, burnouts,physics, chemistry, optics, Mie scattering more »

Daytona Potholes: Avoidable or Not?

02/17/10 | by diandra [mail] | Categories: Tracks, acceleration, Daytona, asphalt
I wake up in the morning listening to our local NPR station.  A couple weeks ago, they said that the George Bush Turnpike was closed due to "a buckle in the road".  My husband commented that he knew Texans had big belt buckles, but he didn't think they w… more »