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Modeling a Rocket Launch with Gravity and Air Resistance
written by Larry Engelhardt
The Modeling a Rocket Launch with Gravity and Air Resistance text guides the reader through a process of developing, implementing, and validating an EJS model of a rocket being launched.  The model that is developed includes thrust as well as altitude-dependent forces of gravity and air resistance.

The supplementary documents include a starting template (RocketTemplate.ejs), an executable JAR file in which all three forces have been implemented (RocketLaunch.jar), and a document describing how and why to use "Events" in Ejs.  Note, a password will be required in order to access the EJS source code for the completed (RocketLaunch.jar) program.  A faculty member wishing to access this may request the password from lengelhardt@fmarion.edu.

Please note that this resource requires at least version 1.5 of Java.
Book Title: Open Source tools for Computational Physics: An introduction to EJS and Python
2 supplemental documents are available
1 source code document is available
Subjects Levels Resource Types
Classical Mechanics
- General
- Motion in One Dimension
= Acceleration
= Gravitational Acceleration
General Physics
- Computational Physics
- Curriculum
- Lower Undergraduate
- Upper Undergraduate
- Instructional Material
= Curriculum
= Interactive Simulation
= Model
= Project
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Rights Holder:
Larry Englehardt
Keywords:
air resistance, thrust
Record Cloner:
Metadata instance created July 3, 2011 by Wolfgang Christian
Record Updated:
April 29, 2013 by wee lookang
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L. Engelhardt, , in Open Source tools for Computational Physics: An introduction to EJS and Python (2011), WWW Document, (https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=11294&DocID=2309).
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L. Engelhardt, Modeling a Rocket Launch with Gravity and Air Resistance, in Open Source tools for Computational Physics: An introduction to EJS and Python (2011), <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=11294&DocID=2309>.
APA Format
Engelhardt, L. (2011). Modeling a Rocket Launch with Gravity and Air Resistance. In Open Source tools for Computational Physics: An introduction to EJS and Python (1.0). Retrieved December 6, 2024, from https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=11294&DocID=2309
Chicago Format
Engelhardt, Larry. "Modeling a Rocket Launch with Gravity and Air Resistance." In Open Source tools for Computational Physics: An introduction to EJS and Python. 1.0 ed. 2011. https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=11294&DocID=2309 (accessed 6 December 2024).
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Engelhardt, Larry. "Modeling a Rocket Launch with Gravity and Air Resistance." Open Source tools for Computational Physics: An introduction to EJS and Python. 1.0 ed. 2011. 3 July 2011. 6 Dec. 2024 <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=11294&DocID=2309>.
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