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AC-130U
14th April 2012 - 04:00 PM
I need some help doing very basic mathematical analysis (what would be expected of a Calculus 1 and current Physics 1 student) for my project about tank projectiles, anything to calculate something about their air resistance/air drag, yet everything I have found has either been too simple (drag not proportional to velocity squared) or way too complex (involving wind tunnel test data, which I don't think I'm collecting anytime soon). Any equations or online ballistic calculation software will do, one of my teachers suggested a spreadsheet which looked promising until I realized that the drag coefficient b was a pre-entered number. I don't have much numerical data about each projectile (basically mass, starting/muzzle velocity, range, diameter). Is there anything that any of you know of that can help me?
Thanks in advance for any assistance,
Andrew
Robittybob1
14th April 2012 - 06:10 PM
you aren't from North Korea are you?
AC-130U
14th April 2012 - 06:50 PM
QUOTE (Robittybob1+Apr 14 2012, 06:10 PM)
you aren't from North Korea are you?

LOL nope. I was born and raised in Pennsylvania, and I am currently studying at a community college in Pennsylvania.
Robittybob1
14th April 2012 - 07:41 PM
First problem in the post #1 you say drag is proportional to V^2 but it is more like V^3.
AC-130U
14th April 2012 - 10:59 PM
QUOTE (Robittybob1+Apr 14 2012, 07:41 PM)
First problem in the post #1 you say drag is proportional to V^2 but it is more like V^3.

Really? Even the calculus teacher and physics teacher did not bring up this possibility. I have entered the realm of the level 100 physics wizards.
Robittybob1
15th April 2012 - 01:24 AM
QUOTE (AC-130U+Apr 14 2012, 10:59 PM)
Really? Even the calculus teacher and physics teacher did not bring up this possibility. I have entered the realm of the level 100 physics wizards.

drag is wind resistance is it not? If it is it is prop. to V^3.

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