What is Drift: Definition and 167 Discussions

Drifting is a driving technique where the driver intentionally oversteers, with loss of traction, while maintaining control and driving the car through the entirety of a corner. The technique causes the rear slip angle to exceed the front slip angle to such an extent that often the front wheels are pointing in the opposite direction to the turn (e.g. car is turning left, wheels are pointed right or vice versa, also known as opposite lock or counter-steering). Drifting is traditionally done by clutch kicking (where the clutch is rapidly disengaged and re-engaged with the intention of upsetting the grip of the rear wheels), then intentionally oversteering and countersteering. This sense of drift is not to be confused with the four wheel drift, a classic cornering technique established in Grand Prix and sports car racing.
As a motoring discipline, drifting competitions were first popularized in Japan in the 1970s and further popularized by the 1995 manga series Initial D. Drifting competitions are held worldwide and are judged according to the speed, angle, showmanship, and line taken through a corner or set of corners.

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  1. E

    What is the drift speed for plasma?

    Homework Statement I need to calculate the drift speed, drift orbital period and current density for 1eV protons and 10eV electrons. The density is 5 cm^-3 The assumption is that it is only a grad-B drift Homework Equations <V> = [6*E/(qBo*L*Re)](0,35 + 0.15sin(a)) The Attempt at a Solution...
  2. cseil

    Drift velocity of electrons

    Homework Statement There's an engine connected to a battery with a copper wire. ρ = 1.69x10^-8 n = 8.49*10^28 electrons/m^2 The diameter of the wire is 5mm. The length is 1m. How long does it take for an electron to go from the battery to the engine if i = 100A? Homework Equations ## v_d =...
  3. V

    Reaction force due to the curvature and gradient drift

    We know that a charged particle will have a drift velocity in both a curved magnetic field and when there is a transverse spatial gradient in the magnitude of the magnetic field. This drift velocity is added to the rotation velocity around the the field line. In both cases the force vector on...
  4. V

    Question about Drift Velocity in Hall Effect

    So my textbook is explaining the hall effect and the following equation was derived: ∆VH=vd·B·W But if you look at the diagram, it appears that vd is pointing both ways. So which direction is vd pointing in? Or is this because electrons in the opposite direction is the same thing as holes in...
  5. F

    Drift tube ion mobility spectrometer

    Hello PF, thanks for having me here. I am working in chemistry and we are building a atmospheric pressure drift tube ion mobility spectrometer. The drift tube consists of 20 stacked stainless steel electrodes insulated by PTFE spacers connected via a resistor chain (voltage divider) to produce...
  6. A

    Drift vs Diffusion current

    In a forward-biased PN junction, the potential barrier decreases, allowing more majority carriers from one side to diffuse to the other side where they are minority carriers. After they cross the potential barrier, they form a diffusion current, the drift current of minority carriers is...
  7. M

    Drift speed of an electron in normal atmospheric conditions

    Homework Statement How fast would a electric arc be when it ionizes through normal, unpressured air between say, two electrodes? Not the same as lightning as it is hypothetically from an artificial source. Homework Equations How would one calculate (please include your formula's and which...
  8. A

    Derivation of drift speed question

    Homework Statement First off, this is NOT a homework problem. This is a conceptual question I have regarding the derivation of the drift velocity v_d =[(qE)/m] \tau Typically, when this formula is derived, you first calculate the acceleration of a particle in the electric field (qE/m) and...
  9. E

    Electron drift caused by a magnetic field gradient

    Homework Statement The magnetic field of the Earth it's approximately B=3\times10^{-5}T at the equator and diminishes with the distance from the center of the Earth as 1/r^3, as a dipole. Consider a population of electrons on the equatorial plane with energy 30keV, at 5 Earth radius from the...
  10. H

    Electron Drift Velocity problem

    Following are the text from an Electrical Engineering Textbook. "it is seen that contrary to the common but mistaken view, 1. the electron drift velocity is rather very slow 2. is independent of the current flowing 3. independent of the area of the conductor" first point can be...
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    Why Does Electron Drift Speed Remain Constant Despite Continuous Electric Field?

    So in Resnick & Halliday, it explains that the drift speed, or the average speed of charge moving in a wire under the influence of an electric field E is defined by the equation ## J = (ne)v_{d} ##. Now if J,n,e are all constants then the drift speed ##v_{d}## will also be a constant. But this...
  12. D

    Drift and diffusion in semiconductors

    Which process occur faster in semiconductors? drift or diffusion
  13. A

    Drift current Is of PN junction under open-circuit conditions

    Hi, I need help to understand this section from my book. Here we are considering drift current Is of PN junction under open-circuit conditions. I don't understand why the drift current Is is indepentent of the value of the depletion layer voltage Vo. I think the voltage create an...
  14. A

    Archived The drift and diffusion currents under equilibrium

    Can you help me explain this part from my book? In equilibrium, the pn junction has no external connections, i.e., the terminals are open and no voltage is applied across the device. If so, I wonder why there is drift current in the equation above. In equilibrium, the total current is zero...
  15. A

    What is the Concept of Drift Velocity in Electrons?

    I need help to understand the concept of drift velocity. Here is part from my book: Does this velocity refer to the velocity of each electron? And I don't understand the sentence: The acceleration due to the field and the collision with the crystal counteract, leading to a constant velocity...
  16. S

    Drift velocity formula derivation confusion

    In the derivation of drift velocity i have seen two variations and want to know which one's correct. s=ut +\frac{1}{2}at^{2} Assume that the drift velocity of any electron in any conductor is : v_{d}=l/t Due to the electric field the acceleration of electrons in any conductor...
  17. W

    Drift velocity in uniform magnetic field near charged wire

    Problem (a) Derive and expression (using cylindrical coordinates) for the drift velocity of a particle of mass m and charge q in a uniform vertical magnetic field B\hat{z} when the particle is located at a perpindicular distance p from a long, straight vertical wire carrying a line charge...
  18. P

    Why doesn't the moon eventually drift into space?

    How does conservation of energy relate to Gravity? The moon seems to rotate around the Earth for eternity (so it seems). But intuitively I would think that the energy of Gravity would eventually deplete and the moon would drift off into space. This apparently isn't the case. I know that...
  19. R

    Drift Velocity in a Vaccum Diode

    Is the standard equation for drift velocity of electrons also applicable to conduction in, say, a vacuum tube? I assume it is, and if so what is the relation between the drift velocities at the interface of vacuum-metal at the anode of a vacuum diode? The current, electronic charge and Area...
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    How Is Drift Velocity Calculated in a Conductor?

    Dear all, I have a question on the derivation of the drift velocity in a conductor, and was wondering if somebody could help me with it: drift velocity is the average velocity which a free charge moving in a conductor has due to the influence of an electric field applied to the conductor. In...
  21. W

    What is Stochastic Drift in Probability?

    In probability, What is drift? I have tried to google but unfortunately I can't find the definition :( Does it mean a movement from one point to an other point, for example in symmetric random walk: let's say that ω=ω_1ω_2ω_3... is the infinite sequence of coin tosses (p the pobability of Head...
  22. O

    Why is BOTH the electron & hole drift velocity positive?

    Good Morning, The equations under investigation: Electrons: J = enμE + eD(dn/dx) Holes: J = epμE - eD(dp/dx) n or p = concentration of electrons or holes respectively D = diffusion constant μ = mobility The question in mind is as follows: If holes are...
  23. P

    Current density and drift velocity

    Homework Statement 1. A copper wire 2 mm in diameter carries a 4 A current. Determine the current density in the wire, drift velocity of the electrons and the mean time between collisions. Assume that each copper atom contributes one free electron. Hint: you may need some additional parameters...
  24. J

    Drift Velocity ambiguity in relation

    How is it possible that the two relations i.e., v=(eE/m)t and v=(eE/2m)t both holds good? where e is the elementary charge, m is the mass of the elementary particle, E is the electric field, v is the drift velocity and t is the relaxation time.
  25. S

    Deriving Current from Drift Velocity Basics

    I've been sitting at my desk trying to prove this and nothing, already tried googling.. Any help guys? I want to know how to derive it from basic principles. Thanks How I came by it: I'm a high school student and was doing my exam then get asked about drift velocity and it's not even in the...
  26. J

    Drift velocity and charging a capacitor.

    I'm having trouble understanding where the charging time in a capacitor actually comes from. Is it possible to derive the \tau of a capacitive circuit from the drift velocity of the electrons? Are charges literally moving from the conductors onto the metal plates of the capacitor?
  27. N

    Which is the correct Expression for Drift Velocity of Electrons in a conductor ?

    i am really really confused . I know what Drift velocity is but the problem is I have three Sources which tell absolutely different expression for drift velocity and I cat relate . please tell which is right . This website and MIT Profs. Walter Lewin In his Lectures says Vd = eE/m x (Tau)...
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    Why the K.E. Increases in a 10-Stage Linac Accelerator with 200 kV Supply

    Lets say we had a 10-stage linac accelerator and we were using a 200 kV supply. Apparently the K.E at stage 2 (in the second tube) is twice that of the first tube (stage 1). why is this?
  29. M

    Current density, drift velocity and electric field

    Homework Statement A) A current I flows along a straight wire of cross-sectional area A. If the unit vector I denotes the direction of current flow, write down the expression for the current density J (assuming it to be uniform throughout the wire ) and give its SI units. B) (This isn't...
  30. lucasolsson

    Continental drift and global sea-level rise

    What is the relationship between continental drift/sea-floor spreading and global sea-level rise? Kind regards. Lucas Olsson University of Gothenburg Earth Sciences lucas@student.gu.se
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    Calculating drift velocity of electrons in a conductor

    Homework Statement Calculate the drift velocity of the elctrons in a conductor that has a cross-sectional area of 8x10^-6m^2 and carries a current of 8A. Take the concentration of free electrons to be 5x10^28 electrons/m^3 with 1.6x10^-19C charge on each electron. Homework Equations...
  32. M

    How to measure and calculate drift of falling object in air

    I was wondering how to calculate the drift of an object that is falling though air. If I know the mass, air density, and velocity of an object that is falling how can I calculate its movement off the center of he drop point. I.E if you looking down on a grid with x and y on the side how many x...
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    Electron drift speed, Current, and Electric field in hollow wire?

    Homework Statement A hollow copper wire with an inner diameter of 1.4 mm and an outer diameter of 2.6 mm carries a current of 2.50 amps. Copper has an electron density of 8.5x1028 m-3 and a conductivity of 6.0x107 (ohm m)-1. a. What is the electron drift speed in the wire? b. What is the...
  34. M

    Estimating Drift & Variance for Random Walk With Drift: Help Needed

    Hello there, I am wondering if somebody could help in an issue far from my expertise. I have some data which is reasonable to conjecture could be modeled with a random walk with drift. I am struggling though to understand how to estimate from the empriic data the most likely drift and...
  35. D

    Curent densitys relation to drift velocity

    Homework Statement A beam contains 4.0x10^8 doubly charged positive ions per cubic centimeter, all of which are moving north with a speed of 1.2x10^5 m/s. (a) What is the magnitude of the current density ? (b) What is its direction? (c) What additional quantity or quantities are needed...
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    Question on relationship between drift velocity and resistance

    Is there a relationship (or equation) between a charge carrier's drift velocity through a conducting material and that material's resistance? I'm trying to reconcile the idea that drift speeds are bigger when cross sections are smaller and the idea that resistance is bigger when cross sections...
  37. D

    How Fast Do Electrons Drift in a Silicon Resistor?

    Problem: An Si resistor is at 300Kelvin, and is 100μm long, 1μm thick, 5μm wide. The conductivity is 7.128 Ωcm. The resistance is 28058Ω. A voltage of 5v is applied. What is the drift velocity of the electrons, given that n = 1.01x103? Other constants: μn = 1350 cm2/Vsec μp = 450 cm2/Vsec...
  38. T

    Electron drift speed in metals

    Is there a physical explanation for why electrons move through a metal with a relatively low drift speed? Or is it just the observed phenomenon? I find it hard to visualise electrons moving relatively slowly through a metal despite the current flowing through it being quick...can anyone help? Thx
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    Why Does Drift Velocity Calculation Differ for One Electron vs Many?

    If a is the acceleration of an electron in a conductor due to an electric field, and t is the mean time between collisions, than v_d, the average drift velocity, is v_d = at 1. There should be a 1/2 there! If you followed one electron, its average v_d would be at/2 by kinematics. 2. Book...
  40. L

    Drift velocity of electrons

    Homework Statement A potential diffference of V = .497 V is applied across a block of silicon with resistivity 8.75 x 10-4 Ωm. The dimensions of the block are width = a = 2.00 mm, and length L = 14.7 cm. The resistance of the block is 54.1Ω, and the density of charge carries is 1.23x1023 m-3...
  41. A

    Current density and drift velocity

    Homework Statement J = ne(v). (yes. it's a vector equation and I haven't indicated that, but just ignore that. It's not important to my question.) Let's say you have some positive ions traveling downward, and some negative ions traveling upward. The electric field is downward. Let's say...
  42. A

    Ion Drift Speed Help Much Needed!

    Help much needed! Thanks!So this problem has been dealt with here on the physics forums. But the fact is that answers either appear to be false and/or they differ from what other people have done. First, here's the problem: In a certain region, the atmospheric electric field strength is 120...
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    Drift current calculation drift verlocity not given

    Calculate drift current. length of wire 1m for 10V cross sectional area = 0.001m^2 e = 1.602 x 10^-19 ue = 3.18 x 10^-7 n = 10^23 electrons / m^3 what does ue stand for? how do i calculate drift verlocity? 3. The Attempt at a Solution i am using the formula I = nAVq where...
  44. R

    Android- Gyro Sensor drift and Correct angle Estimation

    I am using LG Optimus 2x smartphone(Gyroscope and Accelerometer sensor) for positioning. I want to get correct rotation angles from gyroscope that can be used later on for body to Earth coordinate transformation. My question is that 1- How I can measure and remove the drift in gyro sensor. The...
  45. H

    What Force Causes Drift Velocity Increase in Wires of Different Diameters?

    consider two wires of different diameter. when current enters from that of greater diameter to lesser diameter drift velocity increases. which force causes it to increase?
  46. S

    Electron drift velocity of an electric arc

    Seeing the other thread about "How I view AC" and the talk of drift velocity reminded me of a question I had a number of years back, and never found an answer to ... what is the electron drift velocity of an electric arc? I'd be interested in the wide scope of everything from lightning strikes...
  47. N

    What are (a) the current density and (b) the electron drift speed?

    Homework Statement "The current in a 1.70mm x 1.70mm square aluminum wire is 1.70 A. What are (a) the current density [in MA/m^2] and (b) the electron drift speed [in micrometers/second]?" Homework Equations J = I/A The Attempt at a Solution I plugged in the values for current...
  48. H

    Drift velocity and copper wire

    Homework Statement A copper wire of diameter 2.00mm carries a current of 0.50A.The number of conducting electrons per metre cube of copper is 8.00 x 10^28. a)Calculate the drift velocity of the conducting electrons. b)What is the number of conducting electrons in 10.0cm length of the wire...
  49. H

    Why Does Temperature Affect Drift Velocity in the Drift Velocity Formula?

    1.I would like to know why temperature is increase and the current kept constant from the formulae I=nave v=I/nae =the value I,n,a,e are constant when the temperate increasing. But why,i don really understand how to see though the...
  50. E

    Electric circuit, drift velocity, battery

    Hello, This is a problem that is buzzing me around for quite sometime since I took fundamental physics course. Consider an electric circuit with one battery and one resistor. And ignore the internal resistance of the battery and the resistance of the wires. 1) Does battery supply...
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