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The terms "center of mass" and "center of gravity" are used synonymously in a uniform gravity field to represent the unique point in an object or system which can be used to describe the system's response to external forces and torques. The concept of the center of mass is that of an average of the masses factored by their distances from a reference point. In one plane, that is like the balancing of a seesaw about a pivot point with respect to the torques produced.
Alright...that explains well how to find the center of mass of an object. Saying that it is in a uniform gravity field (technically it's not) basically means it is small enough so that the force of gravity on it at all points is the same. So what exactly does the center of gravity mean? I can understand mass...but gravity? What actually is gravity? We know what the force due to gravity is and how to calculate it, but what is it?
All my physics professors in college always told me center of gravity is hard to define. I suppose if the object is small enough then it can be used but center of mass just makes more sense to me.
I'll tell you what is easy to define!:A car that corners well vs one that handles like a drunken manatee!! So now that we have had a round of pontification and platitude with a side of psuedo-intellect,I'll be ordering my TSW X BRACE soon.Thanks guys at TSW for feedback.
Take a physics class, or read about it on Wikipedia...
I have. I know what the force due to gravity is and how it behaves, but what exactly is it? Apparently you know, none of my professors did, please explain...
What actually is gravity? We know what the force due to gravity is and how to calculate it, but what is it?
cartar452: Check with Einstein: he was the one who first defined gravity mathematically as an effect of mass, which causes a warp in space-time. Oh yeah, he's dead. Well, try Stephen Hawking then...
cartar452: Check with Einstein: he was the one who first defined gravity mathematically as an effect of mass, which causes a warp in space-time. Oh yeah, he's dead. Well, try Stephen Hawking then...
Next time you talk to any physicist ask them what gravity is and see what they say. You may be surprised...
I haven't talked to any physicists this month, but I've read both of Hawking's latest books, cover to cover: "A Brief History of Time", and "A Briefer History of Time".
Have you?
And Oh, BTW, why are you wasting MINI people's time on this silly discussion? Is this in any way relevant to discussion of the CG of a MINI?
'A Brief History of Time' is Hawking's latest? Wow...perhaps you are on a different space-time continuum then the rest of it...I read it WAY back in high school when a 5.0GT was cool.
So now that we have had a round of pontification and platitude with a side of psuedo-intellect,I'll be ordering my TSW X BRACE soon.Thanks guys at TSW for feedback.
