I always have to wonder how your body really knows whether it’s standing on a hard (like concrete) floor or something”soft” (like a hardwood floating floor with padding under it). Because if you use engineering static load calculations to figure the reaction forces at your feet the forces would be the same no matter what the flooring system is. If you weigh 200 lbs, the reaction force at your feet are each 100 lbs if your standing evenly and balanced, no matter what the surface is, right?
Is the feeling that everyone feels just perceived or real? Believe me, personally it does feel different but physics doesn’t bear that out.
For example, I think it’s like those scales that they sell that claim to measure your body fat. If you stand on the scale and are, say 175 lbs, how does an inert scale really know your body fat? You could put a 175 lb block of cement on the scale and it doesn’t know that it’s not a person standing on it.
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Because if you use engineering static load calculations to figure the reaction forces
The standing human is never static.
SamT
"The standing human is never static."
I dont agree. I get static for standing around all the time.
A flying saucer results when a nudist spills his coffee.
I get static for standing around all the time
Just don't start describing your "discharges" . . . <g>Occupational hazard of my occupation not being around (sorry Bubba)
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how does an inert scale really know your body fat?
I believe it's by checking your resistance to an electrical pulse. It sends a little pulse up and measures how long it takes to bounce back. Fat is a better conductor so the reflection of the pulse comes back faster.
Oh, thanks for that. Goes to show how much I knew about those types of scales.
But my question about hard vs soft feel still stands.
Sam is right, it's the moving about the kitchen that creates the good or bad sensation in one's feet. I worked in a kitchen that had a sheet-goods floor over concrete that was nicer on my feet than the one with the anti-fatigue matting. The mats were not the best, but it was more a better kitchen design than anything else.
Now, if I could have swapped the mats & managers, one of the kitchens would really be rocking.
There's a certain amount of bias in any qualitative analysis. I don't like tile in a kitchen. That may have as much to do with my hating grouting as anything else. But, I also find that if I have to cook in a tile-floored kitchen I want better shoes than otherwise.