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What you are feeling when an elevator stops is called deceleration. The elevator doesn't stop right away. If it did, your knees would buckle and you would fall down from the impact, so an elevator slows down like a car does just before it stops. What makes the sensation feel weird is there is no visual indication of this happening, so you may think it has stopped, but it is really just slowing down. When you get on an elevator and the doors close (hopefully), it has zero velocity. When it starts going up, it must accelerate momentarily. During this acceleration period, before the elevator reaches its constant traveling speed, your apparent weight increases. You can feel this force in your legs and feet. If the elevator suddenly stopped, you would keep going.You would continue going in an upward direction (because of your inertia), mainly because you are not buckled in or otherwise attached to the elevator. You would lose contact with the floor. During that unfortunate scenario, you would be momentarily weightless. But with nothing to propel you upward anymore, you would slow down because of the acceleration of gravity. On normally operating elevators, ones designed not to make people sick or terrify them, the deceleration is slight, so you don't lose contact with the floor. You may feel momentarily lighter (in fact, if you were standing on a bathroom scale, it would read lower during the deceleration as you approach your floor), but you would not feel weightless.
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What keeps an elevator from moving side to side?
The cables
Does space keep going on and on or does it stop?
Space is a never ending area it never stops
What happens on YoVille when you master all the jobs?
You just keep working on it again again. keep going and it never stops.. i have finished 6 times already but its still going.
How is it true that your feet press harder on the floor of an elevator which is rising at constant speed than when the elevator is going down at the same speed?
Inertia plus GravityInertia is the tendency of a stationary object to remain stationary and of a moving object to remain in motion. The elevator is exerting pressure against your body to get it moving up and gravity is pushing you down so you feel pressure. When going down the elevator is simply falling away from you at a slightly faster pace than gravity can keep up so you feel less pressure. These are what are called fictitious forces. Fictitious forces are not real forces in the sense that they don't come from an outside object, but as a result of trying to keep up with a changing environment.Alternate AnswerAssume that travel distances are realistic for elevators near earth's surface. If the elevator is at rest, or if it is moving at a constant velocity in any direction, it is what is called an inertial frame of reference. Experiments done in one inertial frame will yield the same results as in any other inertial frame. There is no gravitational lag. So at constant velocity, there is no perception of lightness or heaviness or "moving elevator". In short, there is no pressing harder or lighter to the floor. See discussion; there are important limiting considerations if you are moving great distances.[Quoted from above: When going down the elevator is simply falling away from you at a slightly faster pace than gravity can keep up so you feel less pressure.] If this were true when going down at constant velocity, then you would continue to float higher and higher until you are stopped by the ceiling of the elevator. It would have to mean that the elevator is accelerating downward faster than an object in free-fall, which in fact you would be. So this cannot be happening under zero acceleration.
Why are the injuries or damages that a driver or passengers may encounter if there is a car collision?
Inertia is why - the people keep going after the vehicle stops.
What are some examples of inertia?
When you are riding on the front of someones bike and the bike stops but you still keep going. This is newtons 1st law.
Why is the waxy cuticle penetrated bystomato?
To keep the moisture in the leaves or stem for longer also the waxy cuticle stops water from going in .
In Florida why do they have glass roves over the pools?
To let the Sun light in and to keep the rain out. It also stops leaves going into the pools.
What should you do because your boyfriend move?
Keep in contact with him but if you feel that things aren't going to work (because long distance relationships are a LOT of work, but if you feel you should keep going, work hard!) then you can move on and find someone else.
What did the wrights brothers use to propel their plane through the air?
They use the elevator and the elevator chain and cogs . The wright brothers use the elevator control lever to keep its balance in the air.
What can I do to keep my home air conditioning from restarting right after it stops?
In order to keep your home air conditioning from restarting right after it stops raise the temperature on the thermostat. This will keep it from restarting so soon after it stops.
Does your period keep going until you die?
No, you're period does not last until you die. It usually stops around the age of 45 to 55.
