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Old 21st January 2012 | 10:51
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Young Paul
 
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If we keep it Newtonian ... an object stationary in a state of unaccelerated motion has no net force acting on it. There is no lift - half cee ell rho v squared ess - v is zero, so lift is zero. Similarly for drag. The force that balances the weight of the object is a resisting force from the ground upwards - as you would observe if you rested it on something that wasn't able to generate that force - say, a shallow layer of ice on a pond.
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