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TERMINAL VELOCITY

TERMINAL VELOCITY – DEFINITION

The terminal velocity is the constant speed accomplished by the falling item through a viscous liquid or the environment with no speed increase as portrayed by Newton’s first law.

The viscous force/drag experienced by the falling article adjusts the power because of speed increase.

EXPRESSION FOR TERMINAL VELOCITY

FALLING THROUGH THE ENVIRONMENT

Two outside(external) forces are impacting the article that is falling through the atmosphere.

One is the gravitational force, also called the heaviness of the falling item, and the other one is the air opposition or the drag of the article.

For this situation, the net outer(external) forces are equivalent to the distinction of weight W and the drag D. F = W – D

At the point when the drag on the article is equivalent to the heaviness of the item then there is no net power following up on the article.

F = W – D = 0

At terminal velocity D = W

FALLING THROUGH THE VISCOUS LIQUID

The outer(external) forces that are impacting the item that is falling through the thick fluid are, one is the gravitational force, also called the heaviness of the falling article, and the other two forces are upthrust and the viscous force. 

At the point when the descending power of gravity approaches the viscous force plus buoyant force then the net power on the article becomes zero.

The speed of the item stays consistent. mg = F + B

EXPRESSION FOR TERMINAL VELOCITY

SURFACE TENSION – EXAMPLES

• A parachute with an enormous projected region comparative with its mass has a lower max speed than one with little projected region comparative with its mass.
• A downpour drop arriving at the ground with a max speed is likewise a model.