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]]> by: afshar http://betterexplained.com/articles/vector-calculus-understanding-circulation-and-curl/#comment-174477 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 10:06:02 +0000 http://betterexplained.com/articles/vector-calculus-understanding-circulation-and-curl/#comment-174477 what is the physical meaning of the circulation when the vector field is velocity of water? you mentioned that the circulation has units "length squared over time" , what this unit is for? as the case when vector field is "force" the circulation means "work". what is the physical meaning of the circulation when the vector field is velocity of water? you mentioned that the circulation has units “length squared over time” , what this unit is for? as the case when vector field is “force” the circulation means “work”.

]]> by: sabik http://betterexplained.com/articles/vector-calculus-understanding-circulation-and-curl/#comment-151177 Sat, 03 May 2008 10:02:07 +0000 http://betterexplained.com/articles/vector-calculus-understanding-circulation-and-curl/#comment-151177 AFAIK, slingshot (or "gravity assist", to give the technical name) can in fact give the spacecraft energy - it comes from the motion of the planet. So the planet is slowed down while the spacecraft speeds up. Because the planet is much more massive, however, its change of speed is much smaller than the change of speed of the tiny spacecraft. AFAIK, slingshot (or “gravity assist”, to give the technical name) can in fact give the spacecraft energy - it comes from the motion of the planet. So the planet is slowed down while the spacecraft speeds up. Because the planet is much more massive, however, its change of speed is much smaller than the change of speed of the tiny spacecraft.

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