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Homework Statement
A 60 kg person lands on their 2 feet on a floor with a speed of 3.5 m/s.?
Energy dispatched in a variety of ways, including compression in the cartilage of your knees, in the soles of your shoes etc. calf and thigh muscles have a major role. elastic stretching of your Achilles tendon also plays a part.
a) if the extension of the tendon is 0.010m and is the maximum force (in one tendon) is 1800 N, how much energy is absorbed elastically? state any key assumption made.
b) what fraction of the energy just prior to impact is absorbed in this way?
Homework Equations
I'm so confused I have no idea :(