Re: Feeling Acceleration

[sample@lyon.edu (John D. Sample)]

At 4:13 PM on 4/8/97, <phys-l@mailer.uwf.edu> wrote:

> My point precisely!  Our sensations register exactly the force we
> experience, and not at all the acceleration.

I think I understand your point that acceleration isn't (directly) felt.
*But* when the elevator starts upward, the sensation I feel is certainly
not limited to my feet.

So I might describe the situation as:

net force-> acceleration ->internal stresses/fluid displacements

which are felt in the pit of my stomach, inner ear and other places.  I
*suppose* we could leave acceleration out, but without it---if the force on
my feet is balanced by some other force---the sensation is entirely
different.
> A. R. Marlow                          E-MAIL:  marlow@beta.loyno.edu

Chip

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