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Can anyone tell the principle of the working of an PARACHUTE....???

Pradeep Balivada , 16 Years ago
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Rohith Gandhi

Dear Pradeep,

Parachute works on the principal of convection.

There is a fire at the base of the parachute, which heats up air in it, due to which the density of air decreases and gets lifted as it is lighter than the air outside the parachute, due to this pressure difference, it goes up.


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