Recent content by shak

wow! This is getting way over my head, I was expecting something simple like f=ma... :( I also found this - http://www.owlnet.rice.edu/~phys111/Lab/expt02.pdf (Its a PDF!) Any chance someone who knows the high level maths of double differentials and cosh functions could solve this for...

Thanks guys! I tried using the energy converting from potential into work done, but the figure comes out obviously wrong...I think you're right about the drag and other factors which are hard to account for... is their a single complete formula for working this out? or could someone please...

Hi! I have a problem. Say I have a wooden ball, 5 cm in diameter, 40 grams, I drop it from a height of 1 meter into some still water. Obviously, it will splash in and dip a little before buoyancy forces take over and bring it to the surface, I have never heard of a way, but maybe the...