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What is the speed an on object reaches when the force of gravity is balanced by air resistance called?
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What is the greatest velocity a falling objecy reaches?
The greatest velocity, achieved when the acceleration due to gravity is balanced by the aerodynamic deceleration, is called the terminal velocity.
What is the greatest velocity a fallingobject reaches?
It's called terminal velocity and it's when the downward force of gravity equals the upward force of drag due to air resistance.
What is it called when air resistance and gravity are the same?
Terminal Velocity
What is the balance point called?
If it is a level which is balanced, then it is the fulcrum. Otherwise, it is the centre of gravity.
Which term describes motion without air resistance to gravity?
free fallThe term that describes motion that does not resistance to gravity is called free fall. This means that gravity does not caught you.
When the speed an object reaches the force of gravity is balanced by the force of air resistance called inertia?
This is called Terminal Velocity. Gravity pulling downwards matches the air resistance pushing upwards to cancel the acceleration out. Many people misunderstand this and believe that this means that the object falling is no longer moving, but it is speaking in terms of acceleration, not speed. So the acceleration from before terminal velocity was reached will still be in affect, but the object will be neither gaining or losing speed.
Which force on an airplane can also be called a resistance force?
Gravity is the main resistance force on any aircraft. Wind resistance would be second.
What is the greates velocity a falling object can reach called?
The fastest velocity a falling object can reach is called its terminal velocity. This happens when the force of air resistance is equal to the downwards force of weight (gravity), so the object is in equilibrium, and thus reaches a constant velocity.
When a skier is going down a mountain is it a balanced force?
By definition, if he is accelerating, then it is an unbalanced force ... which means he JUST jumped out the plane and his downward speed in increasing. Once he reaches a particular speed (called terminal velocity; lets call it for a general case of about 110 mph), the force of DRAG will be equal to the force due to gravity and he will no longer be accelerating, no longer increasing in speed, and he will then have balanced forces. Since the variables are always changing, drag will change with the most subtle changes in the skydiver's orientation either intentionally or unintentionally and the air resistance is constantly changing with increase in density, the forces will never be truly balanced. The effect of both forces will seesaw between one or the other being dominant. Terminal velocity is achieved when that process is minimal. It is of note that the effect of gravity itself is changing but over a skydive, the effect is negligible and may be ignored.
What is critical speed of pump?
Critical velocity is the speed that a falling object reaches when gravity and air resistance equalize on the object.when a liquid posses streamlined motion and its velocity is less than certain limiting velocity is called critical velocity for fluids and critical velocity for satellites can be defined as the velocity will give stable orbit, this is called the critical velocity for satellites
What is it called when the forces of air resistance and gravity are equal in a falling object?
Terminal velocity see link
What is the greatest velocity a fallen object reaches?
If air resistance is significant, after falling for a while the air resistance will be as strong as the force of gravity; the two forces will be in equilibrium, and the object won't accelerate any more. This velocity is called "terminal velocity". The amount of this terminal velocity, and the time it takes to approach the terminal velocity, depends on the specific object that is falling.
