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Old 03-04-2010, 10:42 AM   #145 (permalink)
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[QUOTE It is interesting, when carrying a single patio door panel, to touch it to a bit of concrete patio. You hear a bang, and suddenly, the weight is gone.[/QUOTE]

I got a chuckle out of this. How does one know such things?
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The power needed to push an object through a fluid increases as the cube of the velocity. Mechanical friction increases as the square, so increasing speed requires progressively more power.
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