Bevægelse med luftmodstand - 2 - Studieretningsopgave
Abstract
The following scientific report is about movement with air resistance. Newton’s second law of motion
tells us that if an external force acts on a body, the body accelerates in the same direction as the force.
The force equals the mass of the body times the acceleration. The magnitude of the air resistance of low
speed is approximately proportional to the body’s speed: F
air
= kv, where k is a constant that depends on
the shape and size of the body and the properties of the surroundings. But the air resistance of high
speed is approximately proportional to v
2
rather than to v: F
air
= kv
2
, where k depends on the shape and
size of the body and on the density of the air. Now Newton’s second law gives: ΣF = mg + (-kv) = ma
As the speed increases, the resisting force also increases, until it equals the magnitude of the weight, and
then you have mg=kv.
To prove this theory, I made an experiment by measuring the speed of a falling cake tin and I discovered
that F
air
= kv
2
describes the movement the best.
I concluded that the movement of a body depends on its weight, and the more it weighs, the more time it
will use on accelerating and therefore it will have a higher maximum speed.
Formål
Formålet er at redegøre for bevægelse med luftmodstand med udgangspunkt i Newtons 2. lov, samt at
redegøre for den matematiske sammenhæng mellem funktionerne s(t), v(t) og a(t).
Teori
Newtons 2. lov går ud på at summen af de kræfter, der virker på systemet, er lig bevægelsesmængden, p,
over tidsrummet.
Man får så at den resulterende kraft er lig massen gange med accelerationen.
Når et legeme falder, er det påvirket af to kræfter: tyngdekraften, der presser os ned, og luftmodstanden,
der retter opad.
Stokes gnidningslov går ud på at F
luft
= kv, hvor k er en konstant, kaldet Reynolds tal, der afhænger
aflegemets form, omgivelsernes viskositet, diameteren og densiteten. Denne formel angiver, hvordan
luften strømmer omkring legemet. Formlen gælder kun for små legemer med forholdsvis små
hastigheder, hvor strømningen foregår i forskellige lag Men for større hastighederbliver
strømningsmønsteret omkring kuglen for turbulent, da der opstår hvirvler.
En anden matematisk model der beskriver luftmodstanden er: F
luft
= kv
2
, hvor konstanten denne gang er