Applets by Daniel Roth - Projectile Motion
(c) 1999 by Daniel Roth, FiPS, Department of Physics, University of Kaiserslautern, Germany
Java Applet
Projectile motion can be observed from two different frames of reference, a stationary one and a free falling one.
3 units = 20 m
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Instructions
alpha = |
initial angle of projectile [ ° ] |
Vo = |
initial speed of projectile[ m/s ] |
Click onto "Start" to start
the simulation. A click onto "Rest" completely resets the simulation
and cleans the output. Clicking onto "Pause" stops the simulation
temporarily. To resume it, click onto "Start" again.
To change the initial angle and velocity of the projectile, type the desired
value into the appropriate box and confirm
with the Return key.
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Notes
- The position of the mass is computed with numerical methods. Up to now the simple and less accurate Newton algorithm is used. It usually works fine, but in some special situations errors can and will occur (like in every numerical computation). If there is a need to implement a Runge Kutta 4 algorithm instead, please tell me.
- The next release of this applet will include Newton and Stokes damping (can be activated and deactivated).
- To download this applet and all including files, click onto DOWNLOAD.
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