This video provides a brief overview of the history and importance of tires. It explains how tires protect wheels, absorb shock, provide better traction, and offer a more comfortable ride. Review significant developments in tire...

MOT 1964: BREEDLOVE SPEED RECORD: VS Truck smoothing Bonneville Salt Flats, speed recorder being set, WS United States Auto Club mobile office, VS People taking photographs, Craig Breedlove putting on goggles, walking flats, VS 'Spirit...

A car tire can weigh 12 kilograms. What is the weight or mass of all 4 tires in one car?

MOT 1952: SPONSOR BREAK: CU Gulf tire tread, male finger pointing out even, wide width. MS Bill Rogers sitting at desk talking about written warranty, be sure, safe, Gulf tires. Early commercials.

MOT 1952: SPONSOR BREAK: MS Male service station attendant in Gulf uniform rolling tire off display rack, TD MS Tire being held by male hand. CU Gulf tire tread, male finger pointing out even, wide width, tire turning w/ GULF in center. ...

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NASCAR tires don't have "air pressure" because they're filled with nitrogen. The culprit responsible for increasing tire pressure during a race is friction. Using dry nitrogen gas helps the team predict how hot the tire will get and how...

MOT 1952: SPONSOR BREAK: Angled MS Young adults, two couples, riding in convertible car smiling, laughing. LA MS BESIDE Front left tire of moving car, LA MS Male service station attendant in Gulf uniform checking pressure, adding air to...

Engine power is constrained at superspeedways like Daytona and Talladega, so teams use aerodynamics to gain an advantage. Teams adjust their cars to minimize drag, but then it's up to the drivers to find 'the draft' and to trust the...

A birthday party isn’t complete without cake, music and drama! This lesson will introduce the most common types of contact forces encountered in Physics.

Definitions included: contact force, normal force, friction force, static...

Billy analyzes ABS brakes to show the difference between Rolling without Slipping and Rolling with Slipping. He also answers the question in the title of the video, but why would I write that in the description?

Anyone can go fast straight: The challenge is turning. It takes more than ten thousand pounds of force to get a racecar around Turn 3 at Texas Motor Speedway at 180 mph. All that force comes from four tiny patches of rubber--the only...

Rubber is an extremely important part of modern living, from tires to clothes to building materials to adhesives. And though we don't often think of it in the same league as oil or cotton, industrialization drove the demand for rubber...

When you are done with a product, you dispose of it. What's the best way to get rid of it? Recycling plays a big part, hopefully, unless you hate the planet. This video discusses the importance of recycling and the different materials...

Italian tire maker Pirelli is making fuel-saving tires that are more environmentally-friendly by obtaining one of their ingredients from rice husks. One way tires can save fuel is to reduce rolling resistance that is caused in part by...

Friction always creates heat. Brakes and tires depend on friction to work, but more friction isn't always better. In the engine, friction is never good and engine builders use everything from oil to high-tech coatings to get a little...

In this episode of EconMovies, I use the movie Cars to introduce the idea of GDP, the business cycle, recession, and fiscal policy. Good luck studying economics. Kachow! :13 Micro v. Macro 1:27 GDP 1:47 Components of GDP 3:03 Business...

Learn the basics about thermosetting and thermosoftening polymers, when learning about polymers as a part of organic chemistry. A polymer is a macromolecule made of many monomers, or repeating units. The properties of these polymers...

Conservation of energy explains how NASCAR's new car helped driver Michael McDowell walk away from a scary crash at Texas Motor Speedway in 2008.

This video explains the concept of friction, which is a force that exists between two objects that resists motion. The video discusses the two types of friction, static and kinetic, and explains how they work. It also explains how the...

Learn the basics about plasticisers and hardeners, when learning about polymers as a part of the overall organic chemistry topic.

Sometimes the biggest problems can be solved by looking at the tiniest details. NION Co. president Ondrej Krivanek and Rutgers University scientist Philip Batson are part of a collaboration to build one of the world's most advanced...