Re: RC: Downhill

[Truman Prevatt <truman.prevatt@netsrq.com>]

It is more likely the energy that has to be absorbed that is the issue rather
than force. The force is pretty much static. As the horse moves you have to
consider energy from the moving mass.

T

Tivers@aol.com wrote:

> << Yes and no, Tom. There is no change in the total vertical weight or the
>  percentage weight on fore and hind. There is an increase of force parallel
>  to the ground - a braking or decelerating force going downhill and an
>  accelerating force going uphill. Stress means force per unit area, and you
>  are really talking about total force and not unit force.
>  So going up and down hill does increase horizontal but not vertical force.
>  Same thing applies to the standing horse on an incline. As the angle of the
>  incline increases there must be more horizontally directed force to
>  maintain its position. Okay? Jim
>
>  At 08:32 PM 01/11/2000 EST, you wrote:
>  >Jim, does a horse trotting or galloping downhill experience more stress on
>  >the forelegs or not? For that matter, is a horse standing on an incline,
>  head
>  >down, carrying more weight on the front legs than on the flat or not? Why?
>  >
>  >Tom Ivers >>
>
> Thanks, Jim,
>
> Ok, my error is in the words "carrying more weight"?  Weight being vertical
> force. What the incline does is change the direction of force vectors--going
> downhill throws more force at the forelegs, but not more "weight". Is that
> correct?
>
> ti
>

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