Modeling a Rocket Launch with Gravity and Air Resistance

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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

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Published: July 3, 2011

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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Access Rights:: Free access
License:: This material is released under a GNU General Public License Version 3 license. Additional information is available.
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
Last Update when Cataloged:: July 3, 2011
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<a href="https://www.compadre.org/portal/items/detail.cfm?ID=11294">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.</a>

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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>.

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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 March 20, 2025, from https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=11294&DocID=2309

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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 20 March 2025).

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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. 20 Mar. 2025 <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=11294&DocID=2309>.

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