BIOD35H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Inverse Dynamics
5 Dec 2016
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Sport equipment: all of these systems play a role in the biomechanics of sports. It is the interaction between these systems that is the study of biomechanics. Mechanics is the science concerned with the effects of forces acting on objects: rigid-body, deformable-body, fluid, relativistic, quantum. Rigid-body mechanism is the science concerned with the effects of force acting on objects. Modelli(cid:374)g : simplification process, answer specific questions, singular perspective. The (typical) human body consists of: 206 bones, >600 muscles, 12 organ systems, ~100 billion nerves. In order to simplify human movement we need constraints: factors that reduce the number of possible solutions that we could come up with. Sport biomechanists attempt to model the effects of forces on the motion of humans and their equipment with he goal of improving performance and reducing injury. Newto(cid:374)"s 3 laws: law of inertia. A body will remain in its current state of motion unless acted upon by an external force.
