tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post4748581277861463987..comments2024-03-28T12:17:44.126-05:00Comments on TYWKIWDBI ("Tai-Wiki-Widbee"): The physics of a "washboard road"Minnesotastanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-65215303864266844582011-07-11T16:02:21.429-05:002011-07-11T16:02:21.429-05:00I've driven over paved roads the caues my car ...I've driven over paved roads the caues my car to bounce repeatedly like washboard roads. <br /><br />How does that form on asphalt roads?<br /><br />Is it the gravel underneath the asphalt, or is it the asphalt is buckling as it slides down hill?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-22092378444721426022011-07-08T13:10:00.373-05:002011-07-08T13:10:00.373-05:00Thank you, Sandy, for your comment. That's th...Thank you, Sandy, for your comment. That's the kind of thing I like to hear.Minnesotastanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-13122707407785645622011-07-08T12:11:23.950-05:002011-07-08T12:11:23.950-05:00I had to look up "widdershins", so even ...I had to look up "widdershins", so even though I didn't watch the video and don't have a whole lot of interest in the washboard road phenomenom, I still learned something!Sandynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-22941988821945129582011-07-07T18:54:38.859-05:002011-07-07T18:54:38.859-05:00Very interesting. Nice detail at the link. Around ...Very interesting. Nice detail at the link. Around here we call them corrugated roads and they are quite common. Once formed, there definitely seems to be an optimal speed at which to travel on them so you sort of ride across the peaks without rattling your car to pieces.expatQLDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16000119830847919774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-5666534213686878342011-07-07T14:11:57.359-05:002011-07-07T14:11:57.359-05:00I learned to drive on washboard roads.
Always thou...I learned to drive on washboard roads.<br />Always thought it was related to the car engine not having true circular motion but a series of "pushes".<br /><br />LouisAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-71787365399296581292011-07-07T12:59:16.238-05:002011-07-07T12:59:16.238-05:00"widdershins" only means counterclockwis..."widdershins" only means counterclockwise in the northern hemisphere. It's the opposite of deosil, which describes motion in the same direction as the sun when facing the equator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com