Terminal Velocity (without considering buoyancy)
Description
Terminal velocity is simply the fastest speed that a falling object can reach in a certain circumstance. Different objects have different terminal velocities. On Earth, the terminal velocity of an object changes due to the properties of the fluid, the mass of the object and its projected cross-sectional surface area.
Related formulasVariables
| Vt | Terminal Velocity (m/s) |
| m | mass of falling object (kg) |
| g | Standard gravity |
| ρ | density of the fluid through which the object is falling (kg/m3) |
| A | projected area of the falling object (m2) |
| Cd | drag coefficient (dimensionless) |