Swinging around the high bar

Hiley, Michael; Yeadon, Fred

Swinging around the high bar

journal contribution

posted on 2014-01-07, 15:16 authored by Michael HileyMichael Hiley, Fred Yeadon

The motion of a gymnast around the high bar is modelled first as swinging around a rigid rod then more accurately when the rod is considered to be elastic. How the gymnast should best move his hips is also considered.

History

School

Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences

Citation

HILEY, M.J. and YEADON, M.R., 2001. Swinging around the high bar. Physics Education, 36 (1), pp. 14 - 17

Publisher

Version

AM (Accepted Manuscript)

Publication date

2001

Notes

This article was published in the journal, Physics Education [© IOP Publishing Ltd]. The definitive version is available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0031-9120/36/1/302