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- https://phys.libretexts.org/Courses/Gettysburg_College/Gettysburg_College_Physics_for_Physics_Majors/16%3A_N2)_1_Dimensional_Kinematics/16.04%3A_Free_FallIn reality, in the presence of air drag, what happens is a combination of both: initially the speed increases at an approximately constant rate (free, or nearly free fall), but the drag force increase...In reality, in the presence of air drag, what happens is a combination of both: initially the speed increases at an approximately constant rate (free, or nearly free fall), but the drag force increases with the speed as well, until eventually it balances out the force of gravity, and from that point on the speed does not increase anymore: we say that the object has reached “terminal velocity.” Some objects reach terminal velocity almost instantly, whereas others (the more “aerodynamic” ones) ma…
- https://phys.libretexts.org/Courses/Merrimack_College/Conservation_Laws_Newton's_Laws_and_Kinematics_version_2.0/15%3A_N2)_1_Dimensional_Kinematics/15.03%3A_Free_FallIn reality, in the presence of air drag, what happens is a combination of both: initially the speed increases at an approximately constant rate (free, or nearly free fall), but the drag force increase...In reality, in the presence of air drag, what happens is a combination of both: initially the speed increases at an approximately constant rate (free, or nearly free fall), but the drag force increases with the speed as well, until eventually it balances out the force of gravity, and from that point on the speed does not increase anymore: we say that the object has reached “terminal velocity.” Some objects reach terminal velocity almost instantly, whereas others (the more “aerodynamic” ones) ma…
