Human Body Dynamics Classical Mechanics and Human Movement /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Tözeren, Aydın (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2000.
• Θέματα: Medicine.; Human physiology.; Life sciences.; Biomedicine.; Human Physiology.; Life Sciences, general.; Biomedicine general.

“The human body is a machine whose movements are directed by the soul,” wrote René Descartes in the early seventeenth century. The intr- sic mechanisms of this machine gradually became clear through the hard work of Renaissance scientists. Leonardo da Vinci is one such scientist from this period of...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Human Body Structure: Muscles, Tendons, Ligaments, and Bones
• Laws of Motion: Snowflakes, Airborne Balls, Pendulums
• Particles in Motion: Method of Lumped Masses and Jumping, Sit-Ups, Push-Ups
• Bodies in Planar Motion: Jumping, Diving, Push-Ups, Back Curls
• Statics: Tug-of-War, Weight Lifting, Trusses, Cables, Beams
• Internal Forces and the Human Body: Complexity of the Musculoskeletal System
• Impulse and Momentum: Impulsive Forces and Crash Mechanics
• Energy Transfers: In Pole Vaulting, Running, and Abdominal Workout
• Three-Dimensional Motion: Somersaults, Throwing, and Hitting Motions.