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Originally Posted by Ospi
Yes I understand, moreso just intrigued that the major vehicle dynamics texts refer to it as COG instead (for example Milliken), I assume due to in this case the values being interchangeable although the terminology may be incorrectly used.
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In effect, the terms wouldn't be interchangeable, due to the differing axes of application between pure gravity, and actual forces of acceleration due to movement of the mass moment of inertia)...
...biggest problem is usually that somebody looking to sound impressive (like a commentator) doesnt think that the more correct terms don't sound technical enough and so they use whatever they like, and the rest of the plebs figure that "it's on tv/facebook therefore it must be true". (we used to joke that "turbulation" sounded far more impressive than mere "turbulence" when discussing fluid dynamics, to the point we wore the lecturer down after 1 & 1/2 semesters, and he accidentally used our pet word. He gave us the rounds of the table for that)