The Calculus of Skydiving - Terminal Speed

by Paul Wagner

Submitted : Fall 2014

The objective of this project is to derive and solve the equation of terminal velocity for a skydiver falling towards earth in two dimensions. As well as deriving the general equations of motions to calculate the distance and time it takes a skydiver to reach terminal velocity. For simplicity, we considered the skydiver falling in the same position, with its orientation being perpendicular to the direction of motion at all times. 

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