written by
Wolfgang Christian, Mario Belloni, and Anne Cox
educational validator:
Bethany Zach
The GR Classical program simulates orbits of objects around a central mass using Newtonian mechanics. It also displays a plot of the effective potential well in which the orbiting particle resides.
GR Classical is part of a suite of Open Source Physics programs that model aspects of General Relativity. It is distributed as a ready-to-run (compiled) Java archive. Double clicking the gr_classical.jar file will run the program if Java is installed. Other programs provide additional visualizations. They can be found by searching ComPADRE for Open Source Physics, OSP, or General Relativity.
Please note that this resource requires
at least version 1.5 of Java.
GR Classical Program Documentation
A pdf document that briefly describes the GR Classical program. It describes how to use the gr_classical.jar file and contains short tutorial exercises and for use with the gr_classical.jar file. download 73kb .pdf
Published: April 30, 2008
previous versions
GR Classical Program Distribution
The materials distributed in this zip file are in support of the GR Classical program. This distribution contains the GR Classical program, documentation and exercises. download 602kb .zip
Published: April 30, 2008
previous versions
W. Christian, M. Belloni, and A. Cox, Computer Program GR CLASSICAL PROGRAM (2008), WWW Document, (https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=6961&DocID=329).
W. Christian, M. Belloni, and A. Cox, Computer Program GR CLASSICAL PROGRAM (2008), <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=6961&DocID=329>.
Christian, W., Belloni, M., & Cox, A. (2008). GR Classical Program [Computer software]. Retrieved October 8, 2024, from https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=6961&DocID=329
Christian, W, M. Belloni, and A. Cox. "GR Classical Program." https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=6961&DocID=329 (accessed 8 October 2024).
Christian, Wolfgang, Mario Belloni, and Anne Cox. GR Classical Program. Computer software. 2008. Java 1.5. 8 Oct. 2024 <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=6961&DocID=329>.
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