Calculating Average Drag Force on an Accelerating Car using an Integral (6:59)
A vehicle uniformly accelerates from rest to 3.0 x 10^1 km/hr in 9.25 seconds and 42 meters. Determine the average drag force acting on the vehicle. This is an AP Physics C Topic.
Content Times: 0:14 The Drag Force equation 0:39 The density of air 1:33 The drag coefficient 1:59 The cross sectional area 3:11 Determining instantaneous speed 4:08 Instantaneous Drag Force 4:36 Graphing Drag Force as a function of Time 5:17 The definite integral of drag force with respect to time 5:42 Average Drag Force times Total Change in Time Horse whinny sound. |