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measuring dissipation of force of bouldering mats |
17-May-2006 At 9:17:30 AM |
cheesehead
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>G for a solid body ie a rock. If you don't take into account the springiness
>in your legs, rotation about your cg, squishiness of your backside etc
>etc the numbers will suggest bouldering mats should be made like 50cm thick
I suspect they might. As far as the expeiment is concerned, I'd suggest you do several control runs (big weight), As stack of runs of mates falling onto the pad(s), and also some calculations/questions to physio/biomech guys as to what forces people can withstand before busting bits*
The interesting/valuable thing (thus the real point of this experiment) would be to see how these different values differ and relate.
*perhaps an intersting sideline would be to model Mikl's test to failure - see how spot on he is about 3g... |
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