Materials such as automobile tire rubber and shoe soles are tested for coefficients of static friction with an apparatus called a James tester. The pair of surfaces for which μs is to be measured are labeled B and C in Figure P5.60. Sample C is attached to a foot D at the lower end of a pivoting arm E, which makes angle θ with the vertical. The upper end of the arm is hinged at F to a vertical rod G, which slides freely in a guide H fixed to the frame of the apparatus and supports a load I of mass 36.4 kg. The hinge pin at F is also the axle of a wheel that can roll vertically on the frame. All of the moving parts have masses negligible in comparison to the 36.4-kg load. The pivots are nearly frictionless. The test surface B is attached to a rolling platform A. The operator slowly moves the platform to the left in the picture until the sample C suddenly slips over surface B. At the critical point where sliding motion is ready to begin, the operator notes the angle θs of the pivoting arm. (a) Make a free-body diagram of the pin at F. It is in equilibrium under three forces. These forces are the gravitational force on the load I, a horizontal normal force exerted by the frame, and a force of compression directed upward along the arm E. (b) Draw a free-body diagram of the foot D and sample C, considered as one system. (c) Determine the normal force that the test surface B exerts on the sample for any angle θ. (d) Show that μs = tan θs. (e) The protractor on the tester can record angles as large as 50.2°. What is the greatest coefficient of friction it can measure?

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271 lo 4.00 m/s Figure P9.60