I just want to know in case this should ever happen to me...
2006-09-15 15:33:35 · 15 answers · asked by aanstalokaniskiodov_nikolai 5 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
Absolutely. Place your weight straight down onto the surface. Easier said than done, but if you could get your feet under you and get them flat on the surface and stand straight up, you'd have it.
I take it you don't have winter where you live. Sheet ice can be virtually frictionless.
2006-09-15 15:36:44 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
No, you can not get up on a frictionless surface. But even the ice surface has very small friction.
2006-09-15 22:47:22 · answer #2 · answered by chanljkk 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Assuming there are no outside forces, Newton's 3rd law would prevent you from getting up on a frictionless surface.
2006-09-16 00:27:49 · answer #3 · answered by Ghidorah 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, due to the fact you could not get your feet under you. You must exert force on to the surface in order to get up. But this force must be equal or less than the force of the surface on you. With out the focre of friction, you force will be far greater, due to the fact the other forces of the surface (Normal, Gravtaional, and Applied) would be negligable.
2006-09-15 22:37:49 · answer #4 · answered by Sean P 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No surface is completly frictionless, so you're really asking a hypothetical question. The reality is, is that if you fall and there is no friction, you will land and continue to slide and slide and slide with no way of stopping.
2006-09-15 22:36:14 · answer #5 · answered by DonSoze 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
there is only one way by which you can move on a frictionless surface,that is by jet action
but such instances are very rare in real life
so if you are out to meddle with a frictionless surface,brace yourselves u r in for a good fall...................
:D
2006-09-16 04:00:38 · answer #6 · answered by sherry 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sure, just need 3 points of contact and enough force to let them push inward to push the main body upward, so long as you keep center of gravity contained by the 3 points it should work fine and you don't have to get any lateral forces (since no friction)
imagine a starfish on ice pulling it's leg tips in to get its body off the darned cold ice
2006-09-16 00:40:50 · answer #7 · answered by larry n 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Levitation. But I would advise lateral movement until you were over a more secure environment. Then hopefully you will have learned to watch where you step.
2006-09-15 22:43:10 · answer #8 · answered by Tabikat 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nope ur stuck there. Lets hope you had a good long book with you wen you fell cause ur gonna be lying there for a while.
2006-09-16 12:51:51 · answer #9 · answered by jared 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do not bother. It is impossible.
Just blow into opposite direction where you want to go and you will reach your goal, because you are a jet engine!
Th
2006-09-15 23:07:05 · answer #10 · answered by Thermo 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋