What happens, physiologically, to the body when it falls at speed?

Jenny Diski · « **on:** 18/04/2004 14:07:48 »

Can someone tell me where I can find a detailed description (or give me a detailed description)of what happens to the body when it is falling at speed - bungee jumping and so on?
Ta

jd

neilep · « **Reply #1 on:** 18/04/2004 17:17:39 »

Hi JD, don't know if this link will help http://www.glenbrook.k12.il.us/gbssci/phys/Class/newtlaws/u2l3e.html cos, I assume you particularly mean what happens to a human body eh ?....well..I can't help you with that one, the eventual consequence is self explanatory though [

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neilep · « **Reply #2 on:** 18/04/2004 19:11:44 »

Oh...by the way....big welcome to you JD :-)

'Men are the same as women...just inside out !'

neilep · « **Reply #3 on:** 18/04/2004 17:17:39 »

Hi JD, don't know if this link will help http://www.glenbrook.k12.il.us/gbssci/phys/Class/newtlaws/u2l3e.html cos, I assume you particularly mean what happens to a human body eh ?....well..I can't help you with that one, the eventual consequence is self explanatory though [

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'Men are the same as women...just inside out !'

neilep · « **Reply #4 on:** 18/04/2004 19:11:44 »

Oh...by the way....big welcome to you JD :-)

'Men are the same as women...just inside out !'

Jenny Diski · « **Reply #5 on:** 20/04/2004 09:23:34 »

Thank you for the welcome and the link. It turns out that there is a book devoted to the subject of humans falling. There's a book about everything...
jd

jd

neilep · « **Reply #6 on:** 20/04/2004 11:51:47 »

WOW...a book about everything !!...Must be a very BIG Book *hee hee*

'Men are the same as women...just inside out !'

MayoFlyFarmer · « **Reply #7 on:** 21/04/2004 07:10:18 »

wow, what a joker!!!

Lift your skinny fists, like antennas to hevan!

Monox D. I-Fly · « **Reply #8 on:** 15/01/2018 01:29:44 »

Quote from: neilep on 20/04/2004 11:51:47

WOW...a book about everything !!...Must be a very BIG Book *hee hee*

'Men are the same as women...just inside out !'

A Wikipedia book?
Wait, that didn't exist in 2004.

chris · « **Reply #9 on:** 15/01/2018 08:23:24 »

Just to provide some useful information on this topic, since the original question hadn't been addressed, one can think of a human in orbit aboard the ISS (International Space Station) as being in a very long free-fall. As such, studying astronauts is a good way to understand some of the physiological consequences of falling, which is what Ben Levine does:

https://www.thenakedscientists.com/articles/interviews/hearts-space

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