Test Your Knowledge #14

How much do you know about springboards?
From Wikipedia: ‘A springboard or diving board is used for diving and is a board that is itself a spring, i.e. a linear flex-spring of the cantilever type.’

How much do you know about springboards?

1. What material are modern springboards made from?
2. What materias are used on the top of the boards to create a slip-resistant
surface?
3. At what heights are modern springboards positioned?
4. The spring constant of a springboard is usually adjusted by way of a
fulcrum that is locatedapproximately how far along the board?

To find out the correct answers, see below.

Here are the answers:

1.Modern springboards are made out of a single-piece extrusion of aircraft-grade
aluminum.

2. The slip-resistant surface of the board is created using an epoxy resin, finished with a
laminate of flintsilica and alumina in between the top coats of resin.

3. Modern springboards are usually located either 1.0 meter or 3.0 meters above the
water surface.

4. The spring constant of a springboard is usually adjusted by way of a fulcrum that is
locatedapproximatelymidway along the board.

Source: Wikipedia