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  2. Fictitious force - Wikipedia

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    The net force upon the object according to observers in the rotating frame is F B = ma B. If their observations are to result in the correct force on the object when using Newton's laws, they must consider that the additional force F fict is present, so the end result is F B = F A + F fict. Thus, the fictitious force used by observers in B to ...

  3. Force - Wikipedia

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    For an object in uniform circular motion, the net force acting on the object equals: [46] = ^, where is the mass of the object, is the velocity of the object and is the distance to the center of the circular path and ^ is the unit vector pointing in the radial direction outwards from the center. This means that the net force felt by the object ...

  4. Drag equation - Wikipedia

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    If a moving fluid meets an object, it exerts a force on the object. Suppose that the fluid is a liquid, and the variables involved – under some conditions – are the: speed u, fluid density ρ, kinematic viscosity ν of the fluid, size of the body, expressed in terms of its wetted area A, and; drag force F d.

  5. Drag (physics) - Wikipedia

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    In fluid dynamics, drag, sometimes referred to as fluid resistance, is a force acting opposite to the relative motion of any object moving with respect to a surrounding fluid. [1] This can exist between two fluid layers, two solid surfaces, or between a fluid and a solid surface. Drag forces tend to decrease fluid velocity relative to the solid ...

  6. Newton's laws of motion - Wikipedia

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    Every object perseveres in its state of rest, or of uniform motion in a right line, unless it is compelled to change that state by forces impressed thereon. [note 3] Newton's first law expresses the principle of inertia: the natural behavior of a body is to move in a straight line at constant speed. A body's motion preserves the status quo, but ...

  7. Coriolis force - Wikipedia

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    In the inertial frame of reference (upper part of the picture), the black ball moves in a straight line. However, the observer (red dot) who is standing in the rotating/non-inertial frame of reference (lower part of the picture) sees the object as following a curved path due to the Coriolis and centrifugal forces present in this frame. [1]

  8. Stokes' law - Wikipedia

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    In fluid dynamics, Stokes' law gives the frictional force – also called drag force – exerted on spherical objects moving at very small Reynolds numbers in a viscous fluid. [1] It was derived by George Gabriel Stokes in 1851 by solving the Stokes flow limit for small Reynolds numbers of the Navier–Stokes equations. [2]

  9. Centrifugal force - Wikipedia

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    In this case, the balance shows the value of the force of gravity on the object. When the same object is weighed on the equator, the same two real forces act upon the object. However, the object is moving in a circular path as the Earth rotates and therefore experiencing a centripetal acceleration.