When an iceberg is driven across the ocean?s surface by a steady wind, it is subject to

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When an iceberg is driven across the ocean?s surface by a steady wind, it is subject to the combination of forces described in Box 27.2 plus a drag force proportional to ?bv, where b is a constant. Thus Newton?s law reads

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Show that the resulting motion consists of transient inertial motion plus uniform drift,

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Find the constants ?, ?, v?, and ? in terms of b, m, ?? sin ?, and Fwind.

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The Physics of Energy

ISBN: 978-1107016651

1st edition

Authors: Robert L. Jaffe, Washington Taylor

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