First Law Model Documents

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Main Document

Ejs First Law Model 

written by Wolfgang Christian

The First Law model displays the dynamics of a ball subject to no net force. The initial conditions for the ball are an initial velocity in the x and y directions.  The initial position of the ball can be changed by dragging it when the simulation is paused. You can modify this simulation if you have Ejs installed by right-clicking within the plot and selecting "Open Ejs Model" from the pop-up menu item.  

Ejs First Law model was created using the Easy Java Simulations (Ejs) modeling tool.  It is distributed as a ready-to-run (compiled) Java archive.  Double clicking the ejs_newton_FirstLaw.jar file will run the program if Java is installed.  Ejs is a part of the Open Source Physics Project and is designed to make it easier to access, modify, and generate computer models.  Additional Ejs models for Newtonian mechanics are available.  They can be found by searching ComPADRE for Open Source Physics, OSP, or Ejs.

Last Modified June 6, 2014

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Source Code Documents

Newton's First Law Source Code 

The source code zip archive contains an EJS-XML representation of the Newton's First Law Model.   Unzip this archive in your EJS workspace to compile and run this model using EJS.

Last Modified July 8, 2013