The aim is to distribute the force equally to each fixed point.
Because this wheel design distributes the weight of the aircraft and the force of its landing over a smaller area of the runway, it would require a specially strengthened runway.
Distributes the force.
Sufficient circumference to distribute the force comfortably and safely over the hand.
There had to be some give to it, some flexibility, to distribute the tremendous force of the abrupt stop at the first floor.
Several whippletrees may be used in series to distribute the force further, such as to simulate pressure over an area as when applying loading to test plane wings.
The head is wide to distribute the force of pushing the tack in, allowing only the hands to be used.
Most available wrist guards, often rigid, might protect the wrist joint but frequently distributed the force of a fall up the arm, leading to fractures at midarm.
This use of a very large gasket distributes the force of the pressure which can be a problem with O-rings.
But using computers capable of making very precise calculations, designers determined that building the loop in a teardrop shape would distribute the force more gently and make the experience much smoother.