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written by Andrew Duffy
This web page is an interactive physics problem on free fall motion.  The user is given an object with an initial velocity upwards, and asked to find its maximum height and travel time to strike the ground.  The accompanying Java simulation illustrates the situation and may be viewed in steps or in continuous play.  This item is part of a collection of simulation-based activities developed for students of introductory physics.
Subjects Levels Resource Types
Classical Mechanics
- Motion in One Dimension
= Gravitational Acceleration
= Position & Displacement
- Lower Undergraduate
- High School
- Instructional Material
= Activity
= Curriculum support
= Interactive Simulation
- Audio/Visual
= Movie/Animation
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- Educators
- Learners
- application/java
- text/html
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© 2002 Andrew Duffy, Boston University
Keywords:
free fall, gravitational acceleration, kinematics
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Metadata instance created April 17, 2008 by Christopher Allen
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July 31, 2008 by Taha Mzoughi
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March 28, 2008
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A. Duffy, (2002), WWW Document, (http://physics.bu.edu/~duffy/semester1/c2_freefall.html).
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A. Duffy, Boston University Physics Applets: Free Fall Example (2002), <http://physics.bu.edu/~duffy/semester1/c2_freefall.html>.
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Duffy, A. (2008, March 28). Boston University Physics Applets: Free Fall Example. Retrieved December 7, 2024, from http://physics.bu.edu/~duffy/semester1/c2_freefall.html
Chicago Format
Duffy, Andrew. Boston University Physics Applets: Free Fall Example. March 28, 2008. http://physics.bu.edu/~duffy/semester1/c2_freefall.html (accessed 7 December 2024).
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Duffy, Andrew. Boston University Physics Applets: Free Fall Example. 2002. 28 Mar. 2008. 7 Dec. 2024 <http://physics.bu.edu/~duffy/semester1/c2_freefall.html>.
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@misc{ Author = "Andrew Duffy", Title = {Boston University Physics Applets: Free Fall Example}, Volume = {2024}, Number = {7 December 2024}, Month = {March 28, 2008}, Year = {2002} }
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Boston University Physics Applets: Free Fall Example:

Is Part Of First Semester Introductory Physics Simulations

This is the full index of interactive Java simulations by the same author on Classical Mechanics.  This particular collection is devoted to topics typically covered in a first semester introductory physics class.

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