x t ( )

M g
3 d
t
M
3 d
e
3 d
M
t
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V t ( )
M g
3 d
1 e
3 d
M
t

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= Integrating and using limits
dV
g
3 d
m
V
dt = so
M
dV
dt
M g 3 V d = Newton's 2nd law for the sphere (mass M) is

w
999
kg
m
3
= 1.8 10
5

N s
m
2
=
The data provided, or available in the Appendices, are:
Find: Diameter of water droplets that take 1 second to fall 1 m.
Given: Data on sphere and formula for drag.
Solution
For small spherical water droplets, diameter d, falling in standard air at speed V, the drag is
given by F
D
= 3Vd, where is the air viscosity. Determine the diameter d of droplets that
take 1 second to fall from rest a distance of 1 m. (Use Excels Goal Seek.)
Problem 1.25
Replacing M with an expression involving diameter d M
w
d
3

6
=
x t ( )

w
d
2
g
18
t

w
d
2

18
e
18

w
d
2

t
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This equation must be solved for d so that x 1 s ( ) 1 m = . The answer can be obtained from
manual iteration, or by using Excel's Goal Seek.
d 0.193 mm =
0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1
0.5
1
t (s)
x

(
m
)
Problem 1.25 (In Excel)
For small spherical water droplets, diameter d, falling in standard air at speed V, the drag
is given by F
D
= 3Vd , where is the air viscosity. Determine the diameter d of
droplets that take 1 second to fall from rest a distance of 1 m. (Use Excel s Goal Seek .)
speed. Plot the speed as a function of time.
Solution
Given: Data and formula for drag.
Find: Diameter of droplets that take 1 s to fall 1 m.
The data given or availabke from the Appendices is = 1.80E-05 Ns/m
2

w
= 999
kg/m
3
Make a guess at the correct diameter (and use Goal Seek later):
(The diameter guess leads to a mass.)
d = 0.193 mm
M = 3.78E-09 kg
Data can be computed from the above using the following equations:
Use Goal Seek to vary d to make x (1s) = 1 m:
t (s) x (m) t (s) x (m)
1.000 1.000 0.000 0.000
0.050 0.011
0.100 0.037
0.150 0.075
0.200 0.119
0.250 0.167
0.300 0.218
0.350 0.272
0.400 0.326
0.450 0.381
0.500 0.437
0.550 0.492
0.600 0.549
0.650 0.605
0.700 0.661
0.750 0.718
0.800 0.774
0.850 0.831
0.900 0.887
0.950 0.943
1.000 1.000
Distance x vs Time t
0.00
0.20
0.40
0.60
0.80
1.00
1.20
0.000 0.200 0.400 0.600 0.800 1.000 1.200
t (s)
x

(
m
)
M
w
d
3

6
=
x t ( )
M g
3 d
t
M
3 d
e
3 d
M
t
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