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Estimating Forces and Velocities in Fluid Dynamics

Without air resistance or a parachute, the velocity reaching the ground from a jump at 5,000 ft would be fatal. With a 25-ft parachute, the fall would be safely slowed. Rough surfaces don't necessarily reduce wind resistance, as other factors like shape are more important for large objects. A 12-mm cable in 30 m/s winds exerts a horizontal force on poles 50 m apart. Small water droplets of 0.06 mm fall faster at sea level than at 5,000 m altitude due to thinner air density at higher elevations.

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Estimating Forces and Velocities in Fluid Dynamics

Without air resistance or a parachute, the velocity reaching the ground from a jump at 5,000 ft would be fatal. With a 25-ft parachute, the fall would be safely slowed. Rough surfaces don't necessarily reduce wind resistance, as other factors like shape are more important for large objects. A 12-mm cable in 30 m/s winds exerts a horizontal force on poles 50 m apart. Small water droplets of 0.06 mm fall faster at sea level than at 5,000 m altitude due to thinner air density at higher elevations.

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9.

58 Estimate a velocity with which you would contact the


ground if you jumped from an airplane at an altitude of 5,000 ft
and (a) air resistance is negligible, (b) air resistance is important,
but you forgot your parachute, or (c) you use a 25-ft-diameter
parachute.
9.59 As is said in Section 9.3, the drag on a rough golf ball
is less than that on an equal-sized smooth ball. Does it follow that
a 10-m-diameter spherical water tank resting on a 20-m-tall support
should have a rough surface so as to reduce the moment needed
at the base of the support when a wind blows? Explain.
9.60 A 12-mm-diameter cable is strung between a series of
poles that are 50 m apart. Determine the horizontal force this cable
puts on each pole if the wind velocity is 30 m/s.
9.61 How fast do small water droplets of 0.06-mm (6 _
10_8 m) diameter fall through the air under standard sea-level conditions?
Assume the drops do not evaporate. Repeat the problem
for standard conditions at 5000-m altitude.

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