This is a draft cheat sheet. It is a work in progress and is not finished yet.
Terminology
Drag Force |
A force that opposes or resists motion, caused by collisions of moving objects with molecules in a fluid like air or water |
Terminal Velocity |
The constant speed a freely falling object will eventually reach when the fluid through which the object is falling prevents further acceleration |
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Equation
F drag
: drag force
C drag
: drag constant
A : surface area
ρ ("rho") : density of the fluid
V : velocity of object |
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