The Physics of Skateboarding (The conceptual physics of skateboarding)
Date Submitted: 12/21/2004 05:42:55
Category: / Science & Technology / Physics
Length: 8 pages (2187 words)
Category: / Science & Technology / Physics
Length: 8 pages (2187 words)
Skateboarding is a sport in which somebody rides a board that is made out of different layers of wood and has wheels on it. Skateboarding has been around since the early 1950's and originated from surfing. There is a surprising amount of physics involved in this sport. All of Newton's laws, momentum, projectile motion, rolling friction, sliding friction, static friction, air resistance, gravity, potential and kinetic energy, and work are all involved in skateboarding and …
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…Skateboarding is a popular sport that has many different aspects of physics involved in it. There is momentum, Newton's Laws, projectile motion, rotational inertia, friction, gravity, and work.
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Conceptual Physics; Hewitt
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