Terminal Velocity -- from Eric Weisstein's World of Physics

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Terminal Velocity

For ,

(1)

For drag limited fall with , balance the gravitational and drag forces,

(2)

where A is the cross-section.

(3)

For a sphere,

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

Fall, Stokes Velocity




References

Compton, T. "Analytic Cycling." http://www.analyticcycling.com/Sample_Page.html.



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