历届亚赛试题 (2) door question.pdfVIP

Theoretical Question 2: Creaking Door The phenomenon of creaking is very common, and can be found in doors, closets, chalk squeaking on a blackboard, playing a violin, new shoes, car brakes and other systems from everyday life. Here in Israel, a similar phenomenon causes violent earthquakes with a period of several decades. These originate in the Dead Sea rift, located right above the deepest known break in the earths crust. The physical mechanism for creaking is based on elasticity combined with the difference between the static and the kine