A ramp is an element of architecture or engineering that makes it possible to link two places that are at different heights. What the ramp offers is a descending or ascending path to move from one space to another through its surface.
For example: "Be careful that the ramp has a very large incline and you can fall" , "The ramp to get on the bus is broken" , "They should build a ramp at the entrance to this building" .
The ramp, in short, is an inclined plane that is used to ascend or descend it. Thanks to their arrangement, the ramps can help to move a load with less effort.
In supermarkets and shopping centers, for example, the presence of ramps is common to make it easier to transit with carts full of products. On the other hand, there are certain mechanical ramps that consist of belts with steel surfaces specially designed so that the wheels cling to them and do not slip, which represent an excellent way not to deprive those who carry carts from taking advantage of the comforts of the stairs mechanical.
Ramps, on the other hand, give a building greater accessibility. Suppose that, to enter a museum, the only way to access the door is by climbing a staircase of fifty steps. This particularity would mean that people with reduced mobility (elderly, individuals who move in a wheelchair, etc.) do not have the possibility of entering the museum.
If there were a ramp in said building, on the other hand, the entrance would be made more accessible. Those who use a wheelchair could go up and down the ramp without great difficulty.
For a few decades now, means of transport have usually included ramps that are activated to allow these people to get on and off, although not everything works as it should: between flaws that are not solved immediately and measurement errors that lead to the manufacture of ramps that are too far from the sidewalk, in many cases the effort ends up looking in vain, since they do not facilitate the mobility of those who must circulate in a wheelchair.
The sports ramps are those that are used for the development of maneuvers in certain disciplines, such as snowboarding or skateboarding. With a U-shape (known as a half-pipe or half-tube), the competitor slides from the top of the ramp and gains speed with the fall, performing jumps and pirouettes.
Athletes must take advantage of certain basic concepts of physics so that the presence of the ramp gives them benefits that could not be achieved in any other way. The main one is the momentum, also known as momentum , momentum or momentum , which can be understood in different ways, according to the mechanical theory concerned; According to the classical, for example, it is the speed of a body and its mass at any point in time.
In sports that use U-shaped ramps, each trip from one end to another generates an increase in speed, and precisely taking advantage of the momentum is the key to achieving more height, although it is also necessary to avoid speeding that ends up causing loss of control.