PHYSICS 131 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Force Platform, Google Drive, Whiteboard
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In this lab you will determine the center of mass of your body. For any object the center of mass is the point at which the force of gravity acts on the object. For this reason, the center of mass is sometimes referred to as the center of gravity. In class we began solving statics ( the force of gravity acting on an object. Recall that gravitational force (weight) can exert a torque on an object just like any other force. One problem you solved involved a person doing a push up. ) problems in which we had to consider and. In this problem the position of the center of mass (cg) relative to the person"s feet is given. In this first part we will measure the forces on the body using a device called a force plate. The force plate is essentially a bathroom scale that can read and record the normal force applied to it.
