Timeline for An elevator is falling, there is air resistance outside, would a person inside fall to the floor? [duplicate]
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| Jul 30 at 14:24 | history | closed |
Michael Seifert Jon Custer Matt Hanson |
Duplicate of Does a person inside a falling bus fall to the front of it? | |
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| Jul 30 at 7:56 | history | edited | Qmechanic♦ |
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| Jul 29 at 18:23 | history | became hot network question | |||
| Jul 29 at 13:12 | answer | added | Solomon Slow | timeline score: 7 | |
| Jul 29 at 12:34 | answer | added | user417360 | timeline score: 0 | |
| Jul 29 at 12:05 | answer | added | Farcher | timeline score: 3 | |
| Jul 29 at 11:48 | vote | accept | g00dds | ||
| Jul 29 at 10:59 | answer | added | user417360 | timeline score: 6 | |
| Jul 29 at 10:43 | comment | added | g00dds | @Peter, I think yes, the person must fall to the floor eventually, because the elevator would experience the same forces as the person inside, but also the air resistance slowing it down. So relative to the elevator, the person must be falling. However, I am not sure about one thing. Would the person also experience air resistance because there is air inside the elevator (forgot to explicitly mention in the question), or would they be falling together, and the air inside wouldn't slow down the person's fall? | |
| Jul 29 at 10:20 | comment | added | Peter | What do you think, and why? | |
| Jul 29 at 10:17 | history | asked | g00dds | CC BY-SA 4.0 |