i'm currently doing a research work on this particular topic yet i only know very little about it.
2006-09-11 10:30:57 · 6 answers · asked by darkwillow 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
How about starting off with this page:
2006-09-11 10:48:57 · answer #1 · answered by Mr. E 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
rotational mechanics - when your spinning your arms want to fly out - (or if your a girl, your skirt flys out around you), or when you skate in a circle you have to constantly adjust, because you tend to fly off in a tangent to the circle
friction - between saktes and ice the sharper the skate the less friction because there is less surface area of the blade being dragged across the ice
Gravity - obvious, when you jump up you come down.
is that enough?
2006-09-11 17:35:44 · answer #2 · answered by darcy_t2e 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Angular momentum is one. Conservation of angular momentum is why, for example, an ice skater spins more rapidly when she pulls her arms in. As her arms come closer to her body, she must spin more quickly in order to have the same angular momentum.
2006-09-11 17:37:25 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Centripetal force, friction, inertia...TONS of physics principles could be applied to figure skating!
2006-09-11 17:35:54 · answer #4 · answered by Amanda 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Conservation of momentum: When a skater pulls in her arms during a spin the conservation of momentum causes her rate of rotation to increase.
2006-09-11 18:16:27 · answer #5 · answered by bruinfan 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Friction and heat (along the blade), potential and kinetic energy (movement), center of mass (balance), and gravity.
2006-09-11 17:33:13 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋