BRAINCAKEViscous Drag
Viscous drag is the frictional force between a solid and a fluid.
For fast and irregular objects calculation is difficult because of turbulent flow.
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Key terms in this lesson
- turbulent flow
- Chaotic, swirling fluid flow in which the velocity at a fixed point changes unpredictably over time.
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- Viscosity
- Investigating Flow Rates
- Investigating Viscosity Changes with Temperature
- Stokes' Law
- Terminal Velocity
- Investigating Terminal Velocity
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