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Homework Statement
A sky diver jumps off a plane that is at 9570.7m above the earth. Assuming a combination of stokes and Newtonian drag, where Fdrag=-m*b*v-m*b^2*v^2 and assume constant g=9.81, at what point is the KE of the skydiver equal to the energy dissapated by the drag force?
Homework Equations
Equating mg=Fdrag one can find b quite easily.
I've derived through solving a nonlinear ODE Fnet=m*vdot=m*g-m*b*v-m*b^2*v^ 2 that
v(t)=-10.10573478+64.10573477*tanh(.1569282379*t+.1589673340)
The Attempt at a Solution
So I know that Gravitational Potential energy is =m*g*h=m*9.81*9570.7
Then I figure that PE=GPE (initially) for max h.
then when the sky diver jumps that PE=GPE+KE+Drag Energy
Now my question is to find the drag energy, do I integrate F_drag with respect to v, or t?
Then I take it that you need to also determine the time and distance fallen for this to happen, so then you goet PE-GPE=KE+Drag Energy and then KE=Drag Energy=(PE-GPE)/2
This make sense?