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The roles of impact and inertia in the failure of a shoelace knot
The accidental untying of a shoelace while walking often occurs without warning. In this paper, we discuss the series of events that lead to a shoelace knot becoming untied. First, the repeated impact of the shoe on the floor during walking serves to loosen the knot. Then, the whipping motions of th...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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The Royal Society Publishing
2017
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5415684/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28484324 http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspa.2016.0770 |