Do Your Feet Affect How Far You Slide on a Water Slide?
If you hold your feet flat or point them, does it change how far you slide. This video shows the answer and explains why using the concept of drag force.
Content Times:
0:26 Showing the two foot positions
0:57 Defining aerodynamic
1:41 Defining the Drag Force
2:32 A closer look at the cross sectional area
4:04 Showing the answer
5:05 Comparing splashes
5:43 A second demonstration
6:22 Many thanks
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Content Times:
0:26 Showing the two foot positions
0:57 Defining aerodynamic
1:41 Defining the Drag Force
2:32 A closer look at the cross sectional area
4:04 Showing the answer
5:05 Comparing splashes
5:43 A second demonstration
6:22 Many thanks
Multilingual? [url="http://www.flippingphysics.com/translate.html"]Please help translate Flipping Physics videos![/url]
Another Drag Force Video: [url="http://www.flippingphysics.com/the-euler-method.html"]A Brief Look at the Force of Drag using Numerical Modeling (or The Euler Method)[/url]
Thank you Rhonda Petty of [url="http://www.ewashtenaw.org/government/departments/parks_recreation/rollinghills/rolling%20hills.html"]Rolling Hills Water Park[/url]
Thank you Aaron Fown of [url="http://www.firstuav.co"]FirstUAV[/url] for the aerial footage
[url="http://www.flippingphysics.com/give.html"]1¢/minute[/url]
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