Re: New work on running biomech by Hutchinson

[Jordan Mallon <j_mallon@hotmail.com>]

> From: Amtoine Grant <ajgrant@eastlink.ca>

> I'm not keen on exactly what a Froude or MOR number is, so basically what 
> I'd like to know is why would it be multiplied by 3.6 for the adult 
> Tyrannosaur?

Well, Dr. Holtz already explained what the Froude number was (Fr = v^2/gh) 
in a previous post.  MOR simply refers to a specimen at the Museum of the 
Rockies, in this case, a _T. rex_ specimen.  And 3.6 is simply a conversion 
factor used to go from m/s to km/h:
m/s x 1km/1000m x 3600s/1h = 3.6

Hope that helped.

Jordan Mallon

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Vertebrate Paleontology & Paleoecology

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