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Accession Number:
AD1016858
Title:
The Rain-Powered Cart
Corporate Author:
US Naval Academy Annapolis United States
Report Date:
2016-08-05
Abstract:
A frictionless cart in the shape of a right triangle with the vertical side forward is elastically impacted by vertically falling raindrops. The speed of the cart as a function of time can be analytically deduced as an exercise in the use of trigonometric and hyperbolic functions. A characteristic time defines the approach to a terminal speed which is a sizeable fraction of the speed of the rain. The treatment is accessible to a student in a calculus-based mechanics course.
Descriptive Note:
Journal Article - Open Access
Supplementary Note:
European Journal of Physics , 37, 5, 01 Jan 0001, 01 Jan 0001,
Pages:
0004
Distribution Statement:
Approved For Public Release;
File Size:
0.23MB
