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book:chap4:4.3_separation_of_variables [2021/12/06 14:54] – created abrilbook:chap4:4.3_separation_of_variables [2024/01/31 23:30] (current) – fix link in footnote jv
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-===== 4.3  Separation of variables --- Settling with Stokes drag  =====+===== 4.3  Separation of variables — Settling with Stokes drag  =====
  
 The settling of a ball in a viscous medium can be described by the equations of motion The settling of a ball in a viscous medium can be described by the equations of motion
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 The solution of the differential equation The solution of the differential equation
 \begin{align*}  \begin{align*} 
-    \frac{\mathrm{d} y(x)}{\mathrm{d} x} = \frac{ \mathrm{e}^{ y^2(x) } }{ 1-2 \, y^2(x) }+    \frac{\mathrm{d} y(x)}{\mathrm{d} x} = \frac{ \mathrm{e}^{ -y^2(x) } }{ 1+2 \, y^2(x) }
     \qquad\text{with}\quad y(0) = 0     \qquad\text{with}\quad y(0) = 0
 \end{align*} \end{align*}
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 This is discussed now for two concrete cases: This is discussed now for two concrete cases:
  
-<WRAP box round>**Example 4.6** <wrap em>Stokes friction for a steel ball</wrap> \\ +<WRAP box round #StokesFall>**Example 4.6** <wrap em>Stokes friction for a steel ball</wrap> \\ 
  
 A steel ball with a diameter of 1 cm has a mass of about A steel ball with a diameter of 1 cm has a mass of about
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 and this time the bullet will have dropped by a distance and this time the bullet will have dropped by a distance
 $ g\,t_{\text{water}}^2/2 = 5 \times 10^{4}\, \, \text{m}$ $ g\,t_{\text{water}}^2/2 = 5 \times 10^{4}\, \, \text{m}$
-which is deeper than the deepest point in our Oceans.((In [[book:chap4:4.4_worked_example/free_flight|Section 4.4]] we will see what goes wrong here.))+which is deeper than the deepest point in our Oceans.((In  
 +[[book:chap4:4.4_worked_example_free_flight|Section 4.4]] we will see what goes wrong here.))
 </WRAP> </WRAP>
  
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