The Drag Force on a Sphere

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By H. Edward Donley
Mathematics Department
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Indiana, PA 15705
U.S.A.

Adapted from UMAP Module 712, The Drag Force on a Sphere (UMAP Journal, Volume 12, no. 1, Spring 1991, pp. 47-80.), by H. Edward Donley,
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Initialization

1. Introduction

2. The Graph of the Drag Coefficient verses Reynolds Number

3. Two Models for the Drag Force

4. The Differential Equations for a Sphere Moving through a Fluid

5. Solutions of the Differential Equations

6. Applications

Conclusion

Appendix: Table of Physical Constants

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