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Javelin Dynamics Model

written by Phillip Wall

The Javelin Dynamics Model simulates the throw of a javelin in a vertical plane. The user can change the initial velocity, angle of the javelin (theta), angle of the velocity vector (phi), angle of attack (phi), and angular velocity (omega).

The Javelin Dynamics Model was developed as a final project in a sophomore-level Computational Physics course (Phy 200) using the Easy Java Simulations (EJS) modeling tool. It is distributed as a ready-to-run (compiled) Java archive. Double clicking the jar file will run the program if Java is installed. You can modify this simulation if you have EJS installed by right-clicking within the map and selecting "Open Ejs Model" from the pop-up menu item.

Download ejs_mech_JavelinDynamics.jar - 1703kb Java Archive File

Published June 26, 2012
Last Modified June 10, 2014

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Supplemental Documents (3)

Javelin Dynamics Project Report

Final report for Computational Physics (Phy 200).

Download Javelin Dynamics Report.pdf - 358kb Adobe PDF Document

Last Modified June 26, 2012

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Javelin Dynamics Poster

Davidson College student Research Symposium poster presentation.

Download Javelin Dynamics Poster.pdf - 377kb Adobe PDF Document

Last Modified June 26, 2012

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Javelin Range Model

The Javelin Range Model supplements the main model that simulates the motion of a javelin. This model uses the same equations of motion and uses them to quickly compute the range of a javelin throw and store the values as a function of intial theta and phi.

Download ejs_mech_JavelinComputeRange.jar - 1162kb Java Archive File

Last Modified July 29, 2013

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Source Code Documents (2)

Javelin Dynamics Source Code

The source code zip archive contains an XML representation of the Javelin Dynamics Model. Unzip this archive in your Ejs workspace to compile and run this model using Ejs.

Download ejs_mech_JavelinDynamics.zip - 497kb Compressed File

Last Modified June 10, 2014

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Javelin Range Source Code

The source code zip archive contains an EJS-XML representation of the Javelin Range Model. Unzip this archive in your EJS workspace to compile and run this model using EJS.

Download ejs_mech_JavelinRange.zip - 42kb Compressed File

Last Modified June 26, 2012