The falling raindrop, revisited
Classical Physics
2010-12-06 v1 Physics Education
Popular Physics
Abstract
I reconsider the problem of a raindrop falling through mist, collecting mass, and generalize it to allow an arbitrary power-law form for the accretion rate. I show that the coupled differential equations can be solved by the simple trick of temporarily eliminating time (t) in favor of the raindrop's mass (m) as the independent variable
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@article{arxiv.0908.0090,
title = {The falling raindrop, revisited},
author = {Alan D. Sokal},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0908.0090},
year = {2010}
}
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