A simple Solvable Model of Body Motion in a One-dimensional Resistive Medium
Physics Education
2009-09-25 v1 General Physics
Abstract
We introduce and solve in closed form a simple model of a macroscopic body propagating in a one-dimensional resistive medium at temperature T. The assumption of completely inelastic collisions between the body and the particles composing the medium leads to a resistive force that is opposite and proportional to the square of the body's velocity
Cite
@article{arxiv.physics/0102052,
title = {A simple Solvable Model of Body Motion in a One-dimensional Resistive Medium},
author = {M. I. Molina},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/0102052},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
Sybmitted to Eur. J. of Phys., nine pages, three figures