# The Physics of breasts... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 21, 2004, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-physics-of-breasts/225517 "2004-01-21T22:14:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ScilaX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f0a364/32.png) [@ScilaX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ScilaX)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2004, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-physics-of-breasts/225517/1 "2004-01-21T22:14:24Z")
For those of you who wish to put a reason to your oogling - here’s the perfect way to explain it, with the equations to boot. Enjoy! -ScilaX ---
**Author:** ![ScilaX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f0a364/32.png) [@ScilaX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ScilaX)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2004, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-physics-of-breasts/225517/2 "2004-01-21T22:17:10Z")
Doh! :smack: Drop the “l” on the end of the link… -ScilaX ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Magic8ball](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Miss\_Magic8ball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Magic8ball)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2004, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-physics-of-breasts/225517/3 "2004-01-21T23:43:06Z")
My GOD that looks painful. ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2004, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-physics-of-breasts/225517/4 "2004-01-21T23:48:22Z")
For those at work, warning: Link contains naked breasts. ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2004, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-physics-of-breasts/225517/5 "2004-01-21T23:58:43Z")
And for all these years I thought I hated physics … 😃 ---
**Author:** ![sunfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/96bed5/32.png) [@sunfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sunfish)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2004, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-physics-of-breasts/225517/6 "2004-01-22T00:13:00Z")
> [@Miss Magic8ball](#): > > My GOD that looks painful. Methinks that woman will not be smiling so much once gravity (g = 9.80665 m s[sup]-2[/sup], to keep in the spirit of things) has taken its toll, and she can throw them over her shoulder like a continental soldier. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Rabid\_Squirrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Rabid\_Squirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rabid_Squirrel)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2004, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-physics-of-breasts/225517/7 "2004-01-22T00:29:27Z")
Not a bad approximation, but the equations assume that they would hard solid lumps.😛 A better model would be a numerical solution of a force balance for each nodal position. That was you can get the shimmy and ripples too. Anyone want to do a quick nodal model in MatLab? ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2004, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-physics-of-breasts/225517/8 "2004-01-22T00:42:33Z")
“Access to this site will be restored within an hour” **ARSE!** ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2004, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-physics-of-breasts/225517/9 "2004-01-22T00:52:50Z")
> [@sunfish](#): > > … gravity (g = 9.80665 m s-2, to keep in the spirit of things) … > [@Rabid\_Squirrel](#): > > Not a bad approximation, but the equations assume that they would hard solid lumps.😛 > > A better model would be a numerical solution of a force balance for each nodal position. That was you can get the shimmy and ripples too. Anyone want to do a quick nodal model in MatLab? Never mind my previous statement. I still hate physics! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2004, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-physics-of-breasts/225517/10 "2004-01-22T01:03:31Z")
No links to naked breasts, please, unless something like a medical discussion would warrant it. Gratuitous nudity is not appreciated at the SDMB. Do not do this again, **ScilaX**. This thread is closed.