The water is RECEIVING the E that the person is adding: Ein-Eout= 0
Speed of Force or 'Transfer of Momentum'
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If the person(swimmer) is adding(losing) energy E and water is RECEIVING the E; then how the swimmer(person) is moving forward due to "Reaction-Force" as explained in the example?
Do answer my question in post #254 which is in reply to your post #253.
wasn't this already answered?
I am NOT kidding, you really appear to have short term memory loss.
The person is converting some of the chemcial potential enegy of their body into kentic energy but a large percentage of the converted potential energy is lost to friction which is putting energy into the water. If the person stops swiming the water friction will stop the person and then all of the energy will go to the water from friction.
Your post #253 is incomplete and wrong. If you compare your post with the example of the swimmer, you have only explained action-force of the swimmer. You remain completely silent about the reaction-force.
In other words, your idea of "reaction-force" and the "reaction-force" as explained in the example of swimmer are not matching.
What you explained here is basically "transfer of energy from the swimmer to the water". This is "action-force" of the swimmer to the water. As per the example the swimmer does not move due to "action-force".
The swimmer moves due to "reaction-force". So, what about "reaction-force"? How energy transfer is happening in "reaction-force" ?
What exactly is your question? The swimmer pushes against the water and the reaction force is the water pushing against the swimmmer.
My main question here is: whether action-force and reaction-force as explained in the example are simultaneous or not?
In other words, whether the "energy transfer in action-force(from the swimmer to the water)" and the "energy transfer in reaction-force(from the water to the swimmer)" are simultaneous or not?
This is right. So, in the reaction-force some energy transfer is happening from the water to the swimmer.
This was my post: (#253)
which I said applies to your question:
I didn't even use the term "action-force". So I have no idea what you're talking about.
which I said applies to your question:
I didn't even use the term "action-force". So I have no idea what you're talking about.
Yes they are simultaneous.
from the swimmer's glycogen to the swimmer's body and the water.
I already told you your post #253 does not match with the example of the swimmer. Your post #253 does not apply completely to my post #254.
Please explain how, again. Your last explanation wasn't very clear.
If both the energy transfers(from the swimmer to water(E) and from water to swimmer(E)) are simultaneous, then we are having a total energy 2E in the system due to input energy E (which is done by the swimmer to the water).
So, where is the conservation of energy?
In your post#253, you only considered energy transfer from ball A to ball B. You did not consider energy transfer from ball B to ball A.
In the swimming example, the "swimmer" can be compared with "ball A" and the 'water' can be compared with 'ball B'.
There's a net energy transfer from A to B.
The water does not transfer energy to the swimmer. Let's just look at an arm moving through the water. The arm has kenetic energy. The movement puts a force on the water there some reactive force of the water. It is rather complicated since the water is a liquid so the water moves out of the way of the moving arm, but there is some reactive force. This result in a net force on you shoulder.
Why do you always try to make things more difficult?
edit: Removed the part refering to normal force - didn't want hansda off on another tangent.
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You keep saying that wrong: there is only one energy transfer and it is from swimmer to water.
Can you clarify about action-reaction pair in your following example? I will give you two options. Choose one of these two options for action-reaction pair.
Option-1) Object B gaining energy is ACTION and object A losing the same energy is REACTION.
Option-2) Energy transfer from object A to object B is ACTION and the energy transfer from object B to object A is REACTION.
Which option is true? Option-1 or Option-2.
Option-1) Object B gaining energy is ACTION and object A losing the same energy is REACTION.
Option-2) Energy transfer from object A to object B is ACTION and the energy transfer from object B to object A is REACTION.
Which option is true? Option-1 or Option-2.
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