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Re: Name that force

Consider two kinds of "rain," one in which droplets
are made of water and another in which droplets
are made of honey. The rate at which the mass in
the car increases (uniformly over the entire surface)
is the same. Do you expect the rates of slowing down
be different for these two rains?
Ludwik Kowalski

On Tuesday, Oct 28, 2003, at 06:50 US/Pacific, Kari Uolevi Eloranta
wrote:

I think the viscosity of water plays a role in acceleration, also. So,
for the total effect, you have to consider both the viscosity and
interactions with
the walls.

Terveisin, Kari Eloranta, Finland


britton@ncssm.edu wrote:

The force is the impact of each raindrop that hits the BACK wall of
the car or the FRONT of the FRONT wall of the car.

Relative velocity of the drops is slanted backwards, from the car's
point of view. . . .