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I don't know anything about mars, but I've messed with windmill math. This really doesn't make sense to me. A 150 mph wind in 1% atmosphere should be a way str
by danielvf 3y ago
I don't know anything about mars, but I've messed with windmill math. This really doesn't make sense to me.
A 150 mph wind in 1% atmosphere should be a way stronger a 1 mph wind on earth?
You know the old formula,
force = mass * velocity * velocity
But with wind and water the more velocity, the more mass you get hit with in the same amount of time, so we get to multiply by velocity again.
wind force = mass * velocity * velocity * velocity
(This formula is why people die in fast moving water.)
So a Mars 150mph wind (0.01 * 150 * 150 * 150) would have 34,000 times more force than a 1mph wind on earth. Which works out to around a 32 mph earth wind.
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- MathMonkeyMan 3y agomass * velocity * velocity has units of energy. It's twice the kinetic energy.