Maths bods - a question please

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Nicholls595 Jul 2016 9:50am, 6 Jul 2016 5,459 posts	0 Nicholls595 Has anyone mentioned the "type" of rain yet? You know that fine rain that wets you through?
The Teaboy Jul 2016 9:53am, 6 Jul 2016 14,317 posts	0 The Teaboy There's also the wind vector. Wetness always occurs faster when it's coming in sideways...
GordonG Jul 2016 10:23am, 6 Jul 2016 6,902 posts	0 GordonG ...which was where my question started - cycling fast through the rain was the same in my head as the wind blowing the wetness in!
The Teaboy Jul 2016 10:25am, 6 Jul 2016 14,318 posts	0 The Teaboy Wind vector might cancel the effect of cycling or blow it in from a different direction.
flanker Jul 2016 11:01am, 6 Jul 2016 16,560 posts	0 flanker oooh, we can now add in some vector maths into the equation
Wriggling Snake Jul 2016 11:09am, 6 Jul 2016 12,322 posts	0 Wriggling Snake I would have thought it would involve surface area, wind direction, volume of water falling per second, speed per second and distance, my initial thought would be it would be the same. On a still day, If he travelled 10 times as fast, he would "hit" ten times as much water, provided it was constant rainfall, Unless his direction of travel was into or away from the wind direction.
Heinzster Jul 2016 11:16am, 6 Jul 2016 387 posts	0 Heinzster I would love to contribute but 1. School holidays in Northern Ireland 2. It never rains here 😉
Nicholls595 Jul 2016 11:19am, 6 Jul 2016 5,478 posts	0 Nicholls595 If he walked to school in one of these... http://www.fetcheveryone.com/gallery-showphoto.php?id=83178
GordonG Jul 2016 11:31am, 6 Jul 2016 6,903 posts	0 GordonG if you could combine one of those, Nicholls, with a bike then that would be perfect!