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| Borodog |
Posted: Wed Jun 14, 2000 5:54 pm Post subject: 1 |
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Wow. I'm going to laminate this an put it in my wallet. Drag coefficient of a monkey ~ 0.05. God bless the internet.
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| ZenBeam |
Posted: Wed Jun 14, 2000 1:15 pm Post subject: 0 |
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I got
Cd EQUALS 0.0466555407
but I really only have a single digit of precision, so
Cd = 0.05
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| IrishJoe |
Posted: Wed Jun 14, 2000 6:26 am Post subject: -1 |
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A scary thought, the coefficient of a monkey in drag ...
Try gathering some data on the monkey and putting it into the calculator at http://www.processassociates.com/process/dimen/dn_dra.htm which will return a drag coefficient estimate. |
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| Borodog |
Posted: Wed Jun 07, 2000 3:48 pm Post subject: -2 |
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Well, if I ever need to know, I'll feel silly that I didn't find out when I had the chance, now wouldn't I?
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| Alfie |
Posted: Tue Jun 06, 2000 10:37 pm Post subject: -3 |
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| Do you really want to know?!?!? |
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| Borodog |
Posted: Tue Jun 06, 2000 8:39 pm Post subject: -4 |
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What is the drag coefficient on a monkey, anyway?
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| ZenBeam |
Posted: Tue Jun 06, 2000 5:25 pm Post subject: -5 |
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The downward acceleration due to gravity applies equally to the monkey and the dart. The air resistance will affect them differently as they fall, however.
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| Ghost Post |
Posted: Tue Jun 06, 2000 3:42 pm Post subject: -6 |
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This is theoritcal a very acceptable solution, especially when considered only one aspect of phisycs is to be illustrated.
BUT:
Is it possible for the monkey and the dart-bullet to experience the same force of gravity in air - doesn't the downforce of 9,8m/s2 apply to all bodies only in a vacuum?
I would like anybody to inform me more on this one! |
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