Kinesiology 2241A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Sumo

• School: Western University
• Department: Kinesiology
• Course: Kinesiology 2241A/B
• Professor: Daniel Bechard

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Moment = torque: =force x force arm. Force arm: perpendicular distance between line of action of the force, and the axis of rotation. Could generate a lot of force when he hit players. Generated a lot of momentum was very tall and heavy. Players he hit were typically smaller guys who weren"t skating as fast. When two bodies impact the momentum gets transferred into the other individual conservation of momentum. Player #2 = 80 kg travelling at 7m/s. Therefore, player who is smaller but travelling faster will have more momentum. The point at which all the body"s mass seems to be concentrated. The point about which the mass of a body is evenly distributed. The point around which the sum of all the torques of the segmental weights is equal to zero. Imaginary point about which the body"s weight is equally distributed. The point of application of gravity"s force on a mass.