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Thu Oct 11, 2007 12:43 pm

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http://zebu.uoregon.edu/~probs/mech/circ/hammer/hammer.html



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Sat Oct 20, 2007 9:37 am

 
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Tom, thanks for posting this-

maybe it will get more college students involved in throwing the hammer! (I noticed 3 spelling errors, so that doesn't speak well for the typing/grammar of the instructor or person posting the problem on the internet).

There was also a reference to the wire as a "cord", and it mentioned the release of the hammer 1 meter above the ground- that maybe is simply to present the exercise to the student, but the real release point is way above 1 meter above the ground, more like 3 meters.....



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Mon Oct 22, 2007 9:47 am

 
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The release point should be at shoulder height, then the tangential speed is highest...

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Tue Oct 23, 2007 7:33 am

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I only noticed the cord reference-too much spellchecker-I hope the math was correct-what I found most interesting was the amount of pull a great hammerthrower has to handle at the release point-



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