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When a parachute is deployed does it have enough pounds of force to kill a human?
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∙ 13y ago
Usually -no. If it had it would kind of defeat the purpose of the chute.
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What are the action and reaction forces on the fabric of a parachute when it is deployed?
When a parachute is deployed, the action force is the air resistance pushing against the parachute fabric. This air resistance is created by the change in the air's velocity as it passes through the canopy of the open parachute. The reaction force to this action force is the drag force created by the parachute pulling against the jumper. This drag force is created by the increase in the parachute's surface area, which slows the jumper down as they fall. The drag force is also responsible for the parachute's ability to slow the jumper's descent enough to safely reach the ground.
What is the highest ever freefall parachute decent?
Capt Joseph Kittinger of the US Air Force jumped from a helium balloon at 102,800 feet. His parachute deployed somewhere around 15,000 feet - roughly the height that skydivers normally jump from.
Would a parachutist be considered a free falling object and why?
The falling of a parachutist without his parachute deployed will be quite fast. We can slow his decsent by putting a drag on the free fall with a parachute. The fall is no longer free of drag (friction).
What two forces act on a parachute when it falla can you draw a diagram?
The force of gravity and the force of the friction of the parachute moving through the air. I can not draw a diagram on this forum.
What force makes a parachute work?
air resistance
Would a parachute be balanced when it falls?
As long as it is not accelerating (going faster and faster, or slower and slower), the forces on the parachute are balanced. Initially, the parachute will accelerate - in this case the forces are unbalanced. It will continue accelerating, until the force of gravitation is balanced by the force of resistance.
What force changes when a sky diver's parachute opens?
The force that changes is air resistance and the force that stay the same is gravity.
Is forces on the parachute upthrust and down force?
Up thrust because the air pushes up and fills up the parachute.
What is the name of the force acting on a man who is descending with a parachute?
"Gravity" is.
What upward force slows the fall of a parachute?
It is air resistance.
What force stops a parachute from falling too fast?
drag
What makes a person slow down when their parachute opens?
force
