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Biomechanics
Chapter 3
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Undergraduate 3
09/30/2008

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Inertia
Definition
Tendency to resist change in state of motion
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Mass
Definition
Quantity of matter composing a body.
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Force
Definition

A push or a pull

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Center of Gravity
Definition
Point around which a body's weight is equally balanced in all directions.
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Weight
Definition
attractive force that the earth exerts on a body.
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Pressure
Definition
force over a given area.
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Volume
Definition
space occupied by a body.
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Density
Definition
mass per unit of volume.
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Compression
Definition
pressing or squeezing force.
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Tension
Definition
pulling or stretching force.
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Shear
Definition
directed parallel to the object.
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Bending
Definition
type of loading that has tension on one side and compression on the other.
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Torsion

Definition
twisting force
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Combined Loading
Definition
2 or more forces of loading
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