As far as I understand the direction of the force of air resistance acts in the opposite way to which you are going... In other words if a ball was thrown up at 20 m/s and the force of air resistance was 1m/s2 then for every second the ball goes up, it would slow down by 1m/s (assuming there was no gravity). The same applies if it was going down at 20 m/s it would slow down by 1m/s.
When a parachutist opens a parachute, gravity tries to pull it down and air resistance keep it up.I think so.
which way does air resistance always act plz answer it
Gravity down, air resistance up
gravity , air reseistance
Air resistance is a contact force because you are in contact with the air in order to apply that force.
A faster-moving object will have increased air resistance because more molecules of air will be encountered over the same time frame. The same holds true if an object that encounters denser air: there is more air resistance, therefore more lift as well as more drag.
Air resistance is a type of fluid friction (along with water resistance) and is therefore is a type of friction.
Gravity and air resistance (drag) are the two opposing forces acting on the falling body. Gravity causes the object to accelerate (fall faster) while the air resistance causes the object to decelerate (fall slower). At a certain velocity called the terminal velocity these two forces are in balance and there is no change in falling speed.
Friction and Air Resistance
It is a force which acts in the upward direction.
Gravity and air resistance.
Air resistance / drag and friction are both forces which act in the opposite direction to the motion of a car
The force that air exerts on a moving object is called air resistance. Air resistance is a form of friction.
normal force, frictional force, applied force, gravitational force, air resistance force
When an object is moving in a particular direction, air resistance will be acting on the object in the opposite direction to the direction of travel.
Just like any other source of friction, air resistance effectively results in a force opposite to the object's motion. If the object is falling, then the force is upward.
A drag force is a dissipative force. This can be in the form of air resistance or fluid resistance. Drag force is a force that acts opposite to the relative motion of an object moving in a surrounding fluid.
It is the action of friction that slows something moving through air. The larger the object, the more the air resistance acting on the object.
draw a bicycle with an arrow pointing forward (this is the force applied by the cyclist) draw an arrow in the opposite direction this is air resistance the overall force will be equal to the forward force minus the backward (air resistance force) from this it is clear to see that it limits the cyclists speed it may also be worth noting that as the cyclist increases speed so does the the air resistance
Yes. It's called wind resistance, or air resistance, or air drag. Items with little drag are said to be streamlined.
Because the force generated is always opposite the direction of motion.