The Kinematics of a Falling Dipterocarpus Alatus Seed
Dipterocarpus Alatus (Thai:ยางนา, Yang Na ) is a tree found in Thailand and other Southeast Asian countries. The seeds have two wings and rotate as they fall. High-speed video analysis was used to determine the terminal velocity and spin frequency as a function of the mass of a seed. Values of wing...
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StudentScientists.org
2015-01-01
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| Series: | International Scholastic Journal of Science |
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| Online Access: | http://www.isjos.org/index.php?paper=The+Kinematics+of+a+Falling+Dipterocarpus+Alatus+Seed |