Warp wrote:
> 
>   You have to take into account that air resistance can cause uneven forces
> in different parts of the object (for example if the density of the object is
> not constant along its volumen), which can cause the object to rotate.
> 

It's got nothing to do with wind resistence per se, but with the uneven
density of the object.  the Force IS constant over the area, but since
the density isn't, the decelleration won't be, so you have to divide you
surface into smaller subsurfaces and divide the force applied to each
individual subsurface to take into account the change of density.

Of course, if your shape starts to rotate, its cross-sectional area will
also change, hence the Cd will also chance and the wind resistence will
also change.

Welcome to the fun world of finite element analysis.


> --
> char*i="b[7FK@`3NB6>B:b3O6>:B:b3O6><`3:;8:6f733:>::b?7B>:>^B>C73;S1";
> main(_,c,m){for(m=32;c=*i++-49;c&m?puts(""):m)for(_=(
> c/4)&7;putchar(m),_--?m:(_=(1<<(c&3))-1,(m^=3)&3););}    /*- Warp -*/

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