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To: _Jim

Unlikely; the force exerted wind follows a sqare law effect - quadruple the wind spped and the force is = 42 or sixteen times greater

NO. NOT SQUARED; IT'S CUBED!!!
Learned that researching wind energy production.


2,136 posted on 08/28/2005 6:36:38 PM PDT by SolomoninSouthDakota (Daschle is gone.)
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To: SolomoninSouthDakota

I was wondering about that, too. Aerodynamic drag is supposed to be a cubic function of velocity...


2,173 posted on 08/28/2005 6:38:53 PM PDT by Windcatcher (Earth to libs: MARXISM DOESN'T SELL HERE. Try somewhere else.)
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To: SolomoninSouthDakota
To quote a source:
Recalling the basic formula from physics, F = ma , we realize that the force of the wind, as compared to its speed, roughly speaking, increases exponentially.

We're oversimplifying it a bit, but for rough-and-ready field purposes, we can estimate that if one wind is two times the speed of another, then its force is two squared, or four times, as great as the force of the lesser wind.

A wind ten times as fast as another is ten squared, or one hundred, times more forceful than the lesser wind.


2,193 posted on 08/28/2005 6:40:21 PM PDT by _Jim (Listening 28.400 MHz USB most every day now ...)
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To: SolomoninSouthDakota; _Jim
The E is proportional to v2, not v3. v3 is for supersonic shock waves. That's over ~750 MPH.
2,265 posted on 08/28/2005 6:47:05 PM PDT by spunkets
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