Pennation angle: F_tendon=F_fiber·cos(θ); L_t²=L_f²+L_a²+2·L_f·L_a·cos(θ)

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Pennation-angle moment-arm geometry framework — the canonical triangle-closure model of muscle-fiber force projection onto the tendon axis and the tendon-fiber-aponeurosis triangle closure relation (Alexander & Vernon 1975; Gans & Bock…

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Law of cosines
Pennation: F_t=F_f·cos(θ); F_t(0)=F_f; F_t(π/3)=F_f/2; L_t²=L_f²+L_a²+2L_fL_a·cos(θ)

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