KPK英汉双语物理-力学：14-失重.docVIP

2.5 Weightlessness The man in Fig. 2.10a feels heavy. His body must carry the weight of his heavy head, and his feet have it even worse. They must carry the weight of his whole body. The man has an idea, see Fig. 2.10b. His legs are relieved of their burden, but now his arms must support his entire weight. In Fig. 2.10c, the man makes a third try at ridding himself of his weight, but he fails again. The man in Fig. 2.10 is bothered by the “feeling of gravity”. We will try to define this feeling physically. In each of the three cases, what the man is feeling are momentum currents flowing t