Biomechanics on the run
Why do birds fly and fish swim, horses galloping and achieve high performance athletes - all trying to find out and use the biomechanics of the technical sciences. The findings are extremely productive, the age-old thirst for knowledge on this matter: Without Biomechanics there would be no airplanes or submarines, even if the knowledge of biology can be transferred not always 1:1.
That there are correlations between the weight of living organisms and their body movements, is researched for some time. Both the fins of fish hitting and the cadence of vertebrates follow a specific ratio, a discovery which began even before the biomechanics of the zoology. This first discovered the correlation between speed and body mass in different movements. The laws regarding the movement patterns have gripped American researchers in 2005 in formulas that are based on assumptions of physics. Then determine the mass, density and gravity of the movement, the one having to insects, land animals, fish and birds the same pattern. After all, it should now be possible to compute for each living and basic movement patterns to predict body density based on weight and his speed of movement. Frequency, power and speed are exponentially on the mass of a living subject. The environment in which the movement will play a critical role. Thus compared, the researchers running on a soft surface with the swimming, any movement, however, to flying. For both, each should apply a standard formula. Precise data are not yet, but trends. How exactly do you predict future movement patterns and may use it mainly as the source of laws for the mechanical physics, depends on the involvement of many other factors.
Basically trying to figure out biomechanics, such as structures and functions of biological motion devices are connected. Increasingly, for appearance, mechanical properties and sensory-motor control processes are examined - the field of internal biomechanics. For some time refers to biomechanics as part of technical, mechanical operations, for so great are the differences between animate and inanimate nature. Instead there are many similarities and common. The scientists want to use for the development of technical systems have always liked. The strategies to bone and trees in their growth and cell structure can be optimized, serve as a model for components with high strength. Long was asked, for example, whether by hook or bone rather rather respond to pressure and ultimately break. Meanwhile it is known through biomechanical research that applies both, and applies it in technical systems.