• viscous drag: a resistance force exerted on a moving object,

with a nontrivial dependence on velocity terminal speed: the

speed at which the viscous drag of an object falling in
a viscous fluid is equal to the other forces acting on the object
(such as gravity), so that the acceleration of the object is zero.
The drag force F on a sphere of radius a moving through
a fluid of viscosity η at speed v is given by: F=6πaηv. Note that
this drag force is directly proportional to the radius.
TERMINAL VELOCITY
• The velocity at which a falling body moves through a medium, as air, when
the force of resistance of the medium is equal in magnitude and opposite in
direction to the force of gravity.
• Terminal velocity is the maximum velocity of a body moving through a viscous fluid.
• It is attained when force of resistance of the medium is equal and opposite to the
force of gravity.
• As the velocity is increasing the retarding force will also increase and a stage will
come when the force of gravity becomes equal to resistance force.
• After that point velocity won’t increase and this velocity is known as terminal velocity.
• It is denoted by ‘vt’.Wheret=terminal.
• Mathematically:-
• Terminal velocity is attained when Force of resistance = force due to gravitational attraction.
• 6πηrv =mg
• 6πηrv = densityxVg (Because density=m/V), density=ρ – σ where ρ and σ are the densities of
the sphere and the viscous medium resp.