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  2. Terminal velocity - Wikipedia

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    At this point the object stops accelerating and continues falling at a constant speed called the terminal velocity (also called settling velocity). An object moving downward faster than the terminal velocity (for example because it was thrown downwards, it fell from a thinner part of the atmosphere, or it changed shape) will slow down until it ...

  3. Stokes' law - Wikipedia

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    If correctly selected, it reaches terminal velocity, which can be measured by the time it takes to pass two marks on the tube. Electronic sensing can be used for opaque fluids. Knowing the terminal velocity, the size and density of the sphere, and the density of the liquid, Stokes' law can be used to calculate the viscosity of the fluid. A ...

  4. Fourth, fifth, and sixth derivatives of position - Wikipedia

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    Snap, [6] or jounce, [2] is the fourth derivative of the position vector with respect to time, or the rate of change of the jerk with respect to time. [4] Equivalently, it is the second derivative of acceleration or the third derivative of velocity, and is defined by any of the following equivalent expressions: = ȷ = = =.

  5. Drag (physics) - Wikipedia

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    For a potato-shaped object of average diameter d and of density ρ obj, terminal velocity is about =. For objects of water-like density (raindrops, hail, live objects—mammals, birds, insects, etc.) falling in air near Earth's surface at sea level, the terminal velocity is roughly equal to v t = 90 d , {\displaystyle v_{t}=90{\sqrt {d ...

  6. Equations for a falling body - Wikipedia

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    In this case, the terminal velocity increases to about 320 km/h (200 mph or 90 m/s), [citation needed] which is almost the terminal velocity of the peregrine falcon diving down on its prey. [4] The same terminal velocity is reached for a typical .30-06 bullet dropping downwards—when it is returning to earth having been fired upwards, or ...

  7. Torricelli's law - Wikipedia

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    Actually this is confirmed by state-of-the-art experiments (see [3]) in which the discharge, the outflow velocity and the cross-section of the vena contracta were measured. Here it was also shown that the outflow velocity is predicted extremely well by Torricelli's law and that no velocity correction (like a "coefficient of velocity") is needed.

  8. Projectile motion - Wikipedia

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    Here, , and will be used to denote the initial velocity, the velocity along the direction of x and the velocity along the direction of y, respectively. The mass of the projectile will be denoted by m , and μ := k / m {\displaystyle \mu :=k/m} .

  9. Talk:Terminal velocity - Wikipedia

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    The terminal velocity for an object accelerating into a black hole, for instance, is still the speed of light. You cannot be accelerated faster than the speed of light. 216.99.198.22 02:20, 8 April 2010 (UTC) This article defines terminal velocity of a body to be the maximum velocity experienced by that body in a fluid. It is explained that the ...