WRITTEN REPORT IN

BIOMECHANICS

Submitted by: KC Carlos

BPE -3A

Submitted to: Rowena P. Santos

Basic Biomechanics: Force

The most important aspect of biomechanics to consider is force.

Force is simply a push or a pull exerted by one object on another. For an example, when a muscle contracts it creates a force that is transferred to the tendon to pull on the bony attachment, thus resulting in motion. An important consideration with force is that it is a vector quantity.

A vector quantity always has 3 variables:

A Point of Application

A Magnitude

A Direction

Formula: Force = Mass x Acceleration

F= MA is (N) Kgm/s2

Example Problem:

Aimmee is having a toy car of mass 2kg. How much force should she put on the car so that it should move with the acceleration of 8m/s2?

Solution:

Given: Mass of toy car m = 2 Kg,

Acceleration a = 8m/s2,

Force to be applied by Aimmee is given by F = m × a

= 2 Kg × 8 m/s2

= 16 Kgm/s2

= 16 N.