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Chapter 10
Biomechanics Ch. 10
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Undergraduate 2
10/21/2009

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What are the characteristics of a force?
Definition
- Vector magnitude and direction
- (Angle)
- Point of application
- Line of application
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What is Newton's First Law?
Definition
Every body continues in its state of rest or of uniform motion in a straight line, unless it is compelled to change that state by external forces impressed upon it.
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What is Newton's Second Law?
Definition
A force applied to a body will cause acceleration of that body of a magnitude proportional to that force, in the direction of that force, and inversely proportional to that body's mass.
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What is Newton's Third Law?
Definition
For every action, there is always an opposite and equal reaction.
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What is the Law of Conservation of Momentum?
Definition
In a system of bodies that exert forces on each other, the total momentum in any direction remains constant unless some external force acts on the system in that direction.
Term
What are contact forces?
Definition
These are forces that result from the interaction of two objects:
- Ground Reaction Force (GRF)
- Joint Reaction Force
- Friction
- Fluid Resistance
- Inertial Force
- Muscle Force
- Elastic Force
Term
Describe Bernoulli's Principal.
Definition
Pressure is inversely proportional to Velocity.
Air has to travel further over the top of the airfoil, hence greater velocity and less pressure.
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What is Inertial Force?
Definition
The force exerted due to the movement (inertia) of a body.
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What are scalar quantities?
Definition
Work and Power
Term
When does conservation of energy apply to human movement?
Definition
When an object is a projectile with negligible air resistnace (TE = PE + KE)
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What is conservation of energy?
Definition
This is when the total energy (of a closed system) is constant. (Energy doesn't enter or leave.)
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