do farts go to the back of the bus

Nepsotic · #1 01-26-2017, 04:12 AM

ive often though about this a lot but never looked it up

everytime i fart on the bus it tends to stick around for quite a while.
Assume all windows are shut, this means the air inside the bus is theoretically travelling along WITH the bus, but take geforce into account. Air particles have mass, and fart particles probably have more considering the tiny particles of shit contained within. Shouldn't this mean that the geforce affects the air as well as the fart and causes air to circulate more than usual (more than if it was inside a stationary object) even if all windows are shut?
Let me know what you think, this is an interesting topic.

***Xavier*** · #2 01-26-2017, 04:16 AM

Only if it accelerates...

Nepsotic · #3 01-26-2017, 04:28 AM

I forgot to mention that, the bus is moving forward at one consistent speed. Would the fart move more if the bus was constantly accelerating.

***Xavier*** · #4 01-26-2017, 04:30 AM

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I forgot to mention that, the bus is moving forward at one consistent speed.

Then no...

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Would the fart move more if the bus was constantly accelerating.

Then yes...

And I want to add that they will come to the front of the bus whenever the bus is decelerating

Nepsotic · #5 01-26-2017, 04:31 AM

but why

***Xavier*** · #6 01-26-2017, 04:34 AM

Physics...

Varrok · #7 01-26-2017, 04:49 AM

This belongs to the Public Transport thread!

Nepsotic · #8 01-26-2017, 05:08 AM

no this is an important entirely separate discussion

Alf Shall Rise · #9 01-26-2017, 06:05 AM

How long do farts linger in general. Sometimes I just gotta let it out real quiet like in the bathroom at work but will it stay with me. Is it gonna chill for a bit just long enough to expose me.

Nepsotic · #10 01-26-2017, 06:06 AM

I think they leave a trail if you walk around a bit as well, like the main body of the fart escapes fast but the residue continues to float out of your pants as you move about.

Alf Shall Rise · #11 01-26-2017, 06:11 AM

If I wave my hand real quick back and forth near my ass will it help the situation at all.

Nepsotic · #12 01-26-2017, 06:18 AM

i would like to know too

***Nate*** · #13 01-26-2017, 09:27 AM

Xav's answer is wrong. Assuming all the windows and doors are closed (and that there aren't any sneaky cracks to let air in), the bus is a closed system. Thus it accelerates and deccelerates as a whole unit.

The only way that the farts would be pushed to the back of the bus is if it stops so quickly that all the people get thrown to the front, and thus the air flows back to fill the space they vacated.

RoryF · #14 01-26-2017, 10:34 AM

but surely the fart would travel somewhat to the back of the bus assuming the person farting is facing forward? how far would the fart be able to travel on average do you reckon? (like, the initial velocity of the fart, then coming to rest, assuming the farter is facing the front of the bus)

STM · #15 01-26-2017, 10:40 AM

Farts don't come to rest, they disperse because they're gaseous.

RoryF · #16 01-26-2017, 10:43 AM

good point, maybe i should've paid more attention in phsyX

STM · #17 01-26-2017, 11:19 AM

My physics teacher was a paedo.

Nepsotic · #18 01-26-2017, 07:56 PM

my paedo was a physics teacher

***Nate*** · #19 01-26-2017, 11:47 PM

Let's keep this on topic, please. Only farts and physics, please.

Varrok · #20 01-27-2017, 01:42 AM

In high school, my physics teacher was an old fart.

Alf Shall Rise · #21 01-27-2017, 06:42 AM

In elementary school, my friend claimed that he saw our sixth grade teacher fart once, because her skirt looked like it had in a bubble inside for a split second. I believed him.

Xorlidyr · #22 01-27-2017, 07:11 AM

The Law of Inertia.

Nepsotic · #23 01-27-2017, 07:49 AM

Is completely irrelevant here. Good try though, Gish.

**JayDee** · #24 01-27-2017, 09:22 AM

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My physics teacher was a paedo.

We must've had the same physics teacher.

Fart related: From a physics standpoint it makes sense for farts to disperse at a higher rate during higher temperatures, but I've always found that they stick around longer. Can anyone explain this flatulent phenomenon?

Xorlidyr · #25 01-27-2017, 09:28 AM

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Is completely irrelevant here. Good try though, Gish.

Lol. Study your physics.

Nepsotic · #26 01-27-2017, 10:37 AM

I did. Apparently you didn't.

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We must've had the same physics teacher.

Fart related: From a physics standpoint it makes sense for farts to disperse at a higher rate during higher temperatures, but I've always found that they stick around longer. Can anyone explain this flatulent phenomenon?

And can anyone explain why bath/shower farts always smell the same?

Xorlidyr · #27 01-27-2017, 11:03 AM

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I did. Apparently you didn't.

And can anyone explain why bath/shower farts always smell the same?

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL

RoryF · #28 01-27-2017, 11:29 AM

someone send gishy to the back of the bus

Xorlidyr · #29 01-27-2017, 11:32 AM

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someone send gishy to the back of the bus

Except that the bus is going to decelerate.

**JayDee** · #30 01-27-2017, 12:14 PM

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Except that the bus is going to decelerate.

Acceleration is a vector quantity, a bus could be moving at a constant speed around a roundabout and would be constantly undergoing acceleration due to its constantly changing direction. For the sake of this argument I believe it was that the bus is continuing at a fixed speed in one single direction on some hypothetical infinite straight road. Thus there is no acceleration.

Please stick to the farts guys I'm really curious.