When you bend over, a series of large muscles, the erector spine, pull on your spine to hold you up. (Figure 1) shows a simplified model of the spine as a rod of length L that pivots at its lower end. In this model, the center of gravity of the 360N weight of the upper torso is at the center of the spine. The 170N weight of the head and arms acts at the top of the spine. The erector spine muscles are modeled as a single muscle that acts at an 12 angle to the spine. Suppose the person in (Figure 1) bends over to an angle of 30 from the horizontal.
What is the tension in the erector muscle? Hint: Align your x-axis with the axis of the spine.
Express your answer to two significant figures and include the appropriate units.
A force from the pelvic girdle acts on the base of the spine. What is the component of this force in the direction of the spine? (This large force is the cause of many back injuries).
Express your answer to two significant figures and include the appropriate units.
When you bend over, a series of large muscles, the erector spinae, pull on your spine to hold you up. (Figure 1) shows...
The main muscles that hold your head upright attach to your
spine in back of the point where your head pivots on your neck. The
figure provided shows typical numbers for the distance from the
pivot to the muscle attachment point and the distance from the
pivot to the center of gravity of the head. The muscles pull down
to keep your head upright. If the muscle relaxes—if, for instance,
you doze in one of your classes besides Physics—your head...
A)
You pull on a large box using a rope as in (Figure 1), except
the rope is at an angle of 15.0∘ below the horizontal. The
weight of the box is 325 N , and the coefficient of kinetic
friction between the box and the floor is 0.270. What must be the
tension in the rope to make the box move at a constant
velocity?
Express your answer with the appropriate units..
B) What is the normal force that...