The equation of motion of the object is determined from Newton’s Second Law. where is the acceleration of the object at any instance. a The initial conditions are When = 0, the velocity is constant = where is the terminal velocity a v vT vT We start with the equation of motion then integrate this equation where the limits of the integration are determined by the initial conditions (t = 0 and = and final v v0) conditions (t and v) In every case, the velocity tends towards the limiting value v vT. Plots of the velocity as a function of time v t
The equation of motion of the object is determined from Newton’s Second Law. where a is the acceleration of the object at any instance. The initial conditions are When a = 0, the velocity is constant v = vT where vT is the terminal velocity We start with the equation of motion then integrate this equation where the limits of the integration are determined by the initial conditions (t = 0 and v = v0) and final conditions (t and v) In every case, the velocity v tends towards the limiting value vT. Plots of the velocity v as a function of time t
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