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Holes stabilize freely falling coins

Holes stabilize freely falling coins

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Holes stabilize freely falling coins

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Full title

Holes stabilize freely falling coins

Publisher

Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press

Journal title

Journal of fluid mechanics, 2016-08, Vol.801, p.250-259

Language

English

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Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press

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Contents

The free fall of heavy bodies in a viscous fluid medium is a problem of interest to many engineering and scientific disciplines, including the study of unpowered flight and seed dispersal. The falling behaviour of coins and thin discs in particular has been categorized into one of four distinct modes; steady, fluttering, chaotic or tumbling, depend...

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Holes stabilize freely falling coins

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TN_cdi_proquest_journals_1901661656

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_journals_1901661656

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ISSN

0022-1120

E-ISSN

1469-7645

DOI

10.1017/jfm.2016.432

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