tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8924717973498368006.post4490438928453585261..comments2024-01-01T07:46:50.896+00:00Comments on Effortless Incitement: An analysis of the forces required to drag sheep over various surfacesDoctor Spurthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16403355179680558182noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8924717973498368006.post-78790170100775160252008-08-06T18:04:00.000+01:002008-08-06T18:04:00.000+01:00It's both measured and calculated: measured on the...It's both measured and calculated: measured on the floor plate, calculated via a model for the stresses on the shearer, who (among other things) isn't pulling parallel to the plate, or perpendicular to gravity.<BR/><BR/>(If a pure physicist had done this, to slightly adapt the old joke, the paper would have started with "Consider a spherical sheep...".)Doctor Spurthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16403355179680558182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8924717973498368006.post-78462507486093586672008-08-06T13:28:00.000+01:002008-08-06T13:28:00.000+01:00I am confused when you quote "The best available e...I am confused when you quote "The best available estimate of the force being applied by the hands of the shearer is predicated on the assumption that the sheep were inelastic and moving at constant velocity" which seems at odds with the abstract of "measure the force exerted by a shearer". They then go on to say "Calculation of this initial force". so were they measuring the force or calculating it? If they were calculating why weren't they measuring?<BR/>Despite this I do like concepts of elastic and inelastic sheep.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8924717973498368006.post-27870564485791090382008-08-06T11:26:00.000+01:002008-08-06T11:26:00.000+01:00Good to know...-JohnGood to know...<BR/>-JohnAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com