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  2. Skin effect - Wikipedia

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    The current density inside round wire away from the influences of other fields, as function of distance from the axis is given by: [6]: 38 Current density in round wire for various skin depths. Numbers shown on each curve are the ratio of skin depth to wire radius. The curve shown with the infinity sign is the zero frequency (DC) case.

  3. Drag (physics) - Wikipedia

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    In aerodynamics, aerodynamic drag, also known as air resistance, is the fluid drag force that acts on any moving solid body in the direction of the air's freestream flow. [ 22 ] From the body's perspective (near-field approach), the drag results from forces due to pressure distributions over the body surface, symbolized D p r {\displaystyle D ...

  4. Proximity effect (electromagnetism) - Wikipedia

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    The result is that the current is concentrated in the areas of the conductor farthest away from nearby conductors carrying current in the same direction. The proximity effect can significantly increase the AC resistance of adjacent conductors when compared to their resistance with a DC current. The effect increases with frequency. At higher ...

  5. External ballistics - Wikipedia

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    For medium to longer ranges and flight times, besides gravity, air resistance and wind, several intermediate or meso variables described in the external factors paragraph have to be taken into account for small arms. Meso variables can become significant for firearms users that have to deal with angled shot scenarios or extended ranges, but are ...

  6. Electrical resistance and conductance - Wikipedia

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    Also called chordal or DC resistance This corresponds to the usual definition of resistance; the voltage divided by the current R s t a t i c = V I. {\displaystyle R_{\mathrm {static} }={V \over I}.} It is the slope of the line (chord) from the origin through the point on the curve. Static resistance determines the power dissipation in an electrical component. Points on the current–voltage ...

  7. Air current - Wikipedia

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    A difference in air pressure causes an air displacement and generates the wind. The Coriolis force deflects the air movement to the right in the northern hemisphere and the left in the southern one, which makes the winds parallel to the isobars on an elevation in pressure card. [1] It is also referred as the geostrophic wind. [2]

  8. Biomechanics of sprint running - Wikipedia

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    As the velocity of the runner increases, inertia and air resistance effects become the limiting factors on the sprinter's top speed. It was previously believed that there was an intramuscular viscous force that increased proportionally to the velocity of muscle contraction that opposed the contractile force; this theory has since been disproved ...

  9. Flow resistance - Wikipedia

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    Electrical resistance, the measure of the degree to which a conductor opposes the flow of an electric current through that conductor; Friction. Drag (physics) ("air resistance"), fluid or gas forces opposing motion and flow; The inverse of Hydraulic conductivity, the ease with which water can flow through pore spaces or fractures in soil or rock