May 28, 2010

The Forces in Running


If one were to make a free body diagram of a person while he or she is sprinting, there would be many forces acting upon him or her. First would be the weight force from the pull of gravity, the applied force from one's muscles moving in a direction to the right, friction going opposite of the applied along with drag, and a normal force opposite the weight force. All of these forces together would add up to a runner's acceleration.

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