Does an object free falling through the air reach a certain speed or does it continue to accelerate as it falls?
by 
game masta
ANSWERS: 4
-
Every falling object will have a maximum speed, a speed at which the drag on the object equals the gravitational force on it. For a humna body, that is about 120 mph. For a carefully designed warhead, that might be 1000 mph. For a feather it is perhaps 10 mph.
-
true enough - there is a "terminal velocity" for falling objects. and yet, a diving falcon or hawk can exceed the terminal velocity by many miles per hour...but how?
-
An object will reach its Terminal Velocity. An object will encounter resistance from the atmosphere depending on its size and weight. (resistance becomes friction which becomes heat.)
-
The bird cannot exceed the terminal velocity, it has simply altered it's shape such that it now has chnaged its terminal velocity. Otherwise, birds could fly at 437657436 mph. And then you couldn't go into a Chinese restaurant and order duck soup.
RELATED QUESTIONS
Copyright 2023, Wired Ivy, LLC