GR Classical Program Documents
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Main Document
GR Classical Program
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.
- Download gr_classical.jar - 605kb Java Archive File
Published April 30, 2008
Last Modified May 23, 2008
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Supplemental Documents (2)
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 gr_classical.pdf - 73kb Adobe PDF Document
Published April 30, 2008
Last Modified May 23, 2008
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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 gr_classical_distribution.zip - 602kb Compressed File
Published April 30, 2008
Last Modified May 23, 2008
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