Can anybody tell me how any of these physics terms relate to the Olympic sport luge?
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I can attempt to help with a few of them.\ninertia - the tendency of an object to remain in its state of motion until acted upon by some external force.  Well, the luge is just gonna sit there unless the guy gets it moving to the slope where gravity can start it going down the run.  As it is going down the run, it wants to keep moving until something stops it or turns it.  Momentum is also close to this.  Momentum is a product of an object's mass and inertia.  If I were to throw a baseball at you and tell you to change it's direction with a bat, you would have no trouble.  If I were to drive at you in my car and tell you to change the car's velocity with the same bat, you couldn't.  The car having moremass, has more momentum.  However, if I were to lob a ball at you and tell you to change the momentum with your bare hand, you could.  Now, if Nolan Ryan threw that same baseball at you at over 120mph and you had to use just your bare hand to change the ball's velocity, you probaly could, but it'd sure hurt.  The increase in speed increased the ball's momentum.\nterminal velocity - absolutely maximum velocity an object can achieve relative to the environment it's moving through and forces that environment exerts upon the object factoring in object's mass\nmotion - movement\nWhen it crests a hill in the track  and comes back down the other side, if the luge's velocity is adequate, the rider may experience a feeling of free fall.  The space shuttle does this when in orbit.  It is falling to the ground all the time.  But, it also has a "forward" instead of just "downward" velocity letting it arc out over the curavature of the earth and fall into nothing.  Velocity is a combination of an object's speed AND direction.\nThere really is not enough room in this forum to fully explain all these aspects of your question.  Try looking through your physics book at the definition of those terms to see what each could be talking about during a luge run.
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All the bobsled, luge, and skelton runs have banked turns. The angle of the banking is computed based on the radius of the turn and the speed the sleds are going to be traveling.
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go to www.factmonster.com\nwww.cbc.ca/olympics\nsports.espn.com/oly\nwww.olympic.org*\nwww.torino2006.org*\nwww.nbcolympics.com*\nsports.yahoo.com/olympics/torino2006*\nsortsillistrated.cnn.com/olympics/2006\n\n*i suggest these ones
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The theory is strong.  It should work that, if an athlete were to train under a progressively increasing gravitational pull, he or she would perform proprtionately better under in a lower-gravity environment.\n\nThe converse is true, as proven by astronauts that return to earth after long stints in micro-gravity.  They have been quoted as saying that a standard wrist watch becomes a bowling ball on after as little as 30 days in orbit.
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http://www.glenbrook.k12.il.us/GBSSCI/PHYS/CLASS/estatics/u8l2c.html\n\nhttp://www.glenbrook.k12.il.us/gbssci/phys/class/estatics/u8l2b.html\n\nHope it helps. \nBest Wishes,\nAlok Bhatt
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Well, theres not enough information here. \nYou have to take into consideration, the angle of the ramp, the weight of the ball, whether the ball is pushed or released, the material which the ramp and ball is made of (their frictional properties)
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inf. in this site\nhttp://www.itftennis.com/coaching/publications/nonitfpubs/science/minitennis.asp
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There is a very large book called "The Handbook of Chemestry and Physics"  This is a very good reference.\n\nAlso, at Barns & Noble there is a forumla sheet called Physics (SparkCharts).  Very helpful.\n\nFinally, look for the Physics for Dummies.  I have found that when tutoring and teaching, the explainations help me to better understand what is happening in terms that I can communicate.\n\nGood luck in your studies.
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Figure skating is a sporting event in which individuals, mixed couples, or groups perform spins, jumps, and other moves on ice skates, often to music. There are international competitions for figure skating, such as the World Championships, and figure skating is also an official event in the Winter Olympics. \n\nThe winter Olympic events include:\n\n* singles for both men and women;\n\n* couples skating with a couple consisting of a man and womn; and\n\n* ice dancing with a couple  requiring more choreography.
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Luge and Bobsledding.\nThey do not have men's pairs dancing, and curling is 3 men.
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Freestyle Skiing\nThe word "mogul" comes from the Austrian word "mugel," which means "small hill" or "mound."\n\nFigure Skating\nMen's gold medal favorite Yevgeny Plushenko is the first and only skater in history to successfully land a quad-triple-triple jump combination in competition. \n\nCurling\nCurling is one of four winter Olympic sports contested indoors. The other three are hockey, figure skating, and speed skating.\n\nLuge\nGerman Luge master Georg Hackl will attempt to add to his legend and win a medal in his sixth straight games at Turin in 2006. Hackl is already the only athlete to medal in the same event in five straight games.\n\nNordic Combined \nNordic combined is one of three current Olympic Winter Games events in which the United States has never won a medal. (Biathlon and curling are the others.)\n\nSnowboarding\nAccording to the National Sporting Goods Association, U.S. consumers spent nearly than $270 million on snowboarding equipment in 2004. That's more than hockey and football equipment combined ($225 million).\n\nSkeleton\nAmerican Jennison Heaton won the first skeleton gold medal in 1928, beating his brother John, who took the silver, by one second. A 39-year-old John Heaton would win the silver again in 1948, finishing second to Italy's Nino Bibbia. American Jim Shea, Jr., won the men's gold in the 2002 return of the sport to the Olympics. \n\nIce Hockey\nIce hockey made its Olympic debut at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium. The first Winter Olympics didn't take place until 1924.\n\nSpeed Skating\n American Shani Davis narrowly failed in his historic attempt to compete on both the long track and short track speed skating teams at the same Olympics but as the world record holder in the men's 1500 meters he will still be a favorite to medal in the long track events at Turin.\n\nAlpine Skiing\nAmerican skier and Turin gold medal threat Lindsey Kildow was awarded a cow by some local dairy farmers for her World Cup win in Val D'Isere, France in 2005. She had a choice between the cow or an additional $1,200 in prize money. She went with the cow.\n\nBiathlon\nThe first known biathlon competition took place between two Norwegian guard companies in 1767.\n\nBobsled\nIt's been 18 years since the Jamaican bobsled team made its debut at the Olympics. \n\nSki Jumping\nThe oldest man to receive a Winter Olympics medal is 83-year-old Anders Haugen. The Norwegian-American actually received his ski jump bronze medal 50 years after he competed in 1924 when a scoring error was discovered in 1974.\n\nWinter Olympics Through the Years\nThe Shea Family of Lake Placid, New York, is the first to produce three generations of Olympians. Father Jack, 91, was a double-gold medalist in speed skating, son Jim, Sr., was a U.S. ski team member at the 1964 Innsbruck Games, and in 2002 grandson Jim, Jr., won a gold medal in skeleton.\n\nAll-Time Medal Standings\nOnly two countries south of the equator have ever won medals at the Olympic Winter Games—Australia and New Zealand.\n\nWisconsin\nLegends Eric Heiden and Dan Jansen , as well as current stars Chris Witty and Casey FitzRandolph, are from the same U.S. state, Wisconsin.\n\nNorway\nNorway has won more gold medals at the Winter Games than any other country.
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check it out here: http://www.olympic.org/uk/games/torino/index_uk.asp\n\nHere you can look up sporting dates:\nhttp://www.olympic.org/uk/news/calendars/calendar_sports_uk.asp\n\nYahoo: http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics
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For recent physics and maths preprints, try here\n\nhttp://lanl.arxiv.org/\n\nor one of it's mirror sites
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http://www.olympic.org/uk/games/torino/index_uk.asp\nThis site is very useful for the type of infomation u need. it talks about the games, sports, athletes and it also has a section where u can find the updated news about the torino 2006.
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1/2 m V^2     ( 2 sec information is irrelevant)\n\nthis follows from the law of conservation of energy,\nthe entire kinetic energy of the puck turns into heat as a result of the work done by the rough surface upon the puck by friction.\n\nyes, work = KE
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1. Madonna\n\n2.  the Silent Olympics are the olympic games for the deaf and hearing impaired\n\n3. one rotation of a wheel would be a complete circle, or 360 degrees.  two rotations would be 360*2= 720 degrees\n\n4. Chantilly cream, or crème chantilly, is simply sweetened whipped cream flavored with vanilla or brandy.
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Speed skating as a bigger loop. 2 people go at a time in their own lane. All the times are put in order, fastest wins. \nShort track 4 or 5 people go at a time. Depending which round it is 2 or 3 people per heat move on to the next round. Finally in the final round the 6 (I think) competetors left go for gold, silver and bronze. In the short track, the loop is small and everyone is together. They try to build up momentum to pass but are not allowed to contact the others.