Is air resistance dependent on mass?

[quietrain]

Is air resistance dependent on mass?

thanks!

 

[Borg]

It's dependent on surface area.

 

[Jorgelff]

The air resistance is a force that is imposed on whatever comes air with some relative velocity regardless of their mass. A styrofoam ball undergoes the same air resistance that a lead sphere of the same diameter.

 

[NascentOxygen]

Air resistance is dependent on size, shape, surface texture, and velocity of a body. Bodies equal in all these respects, but differing in mass, will experience equal air resistance.

 

[CWatters]

It depends on the situation.

If you increase the mass/weight of an aircraft (by filling it with more passengers) then the lift required to keep it in the air increases. The wing has to fly at a larger angle of attack to produce the extra lift and that increases drag.

 

[NascentOxygen]

If you increase the mass/weight of an aircraft (by filling it with more passengers) then the lift required to keep it in the air increases. The wing has to fly at a larger angle of attack to produce the extra lift and that increases drag.

Changing the wing profile is an alteration to the shape.

 

[quietrain]

alright thanks peeps!

 

[dean barry]

If you drop two objects (identical except for the mass) from a height initially the acceleration is the same (when the speed = 0) but as air drag takes a role (as the speed comes into play) the greater mass will always have a greater acceleration than the lesser mass as well as a higher terminal velocity