Projectile Motion

Motion of a ball thrown in the air

 
Graph 1 X VX AX FX Ek Eg P Ek+Eg none
Graph 2 Y VY AY FY Ek Eg P Ek+Eg none
Graph 3 V A FNET Ek Eg P Ek+Eg none

  Show Strobe Graph ON

Click on the Show Strobe to see 0.1s strobe diagram. At the fast speed it is 0.2s/strobe.

Vx0 is the X component of the initial velocity. Vy0 is the Y component of the initial velocity.

m is the mass of the ball.

g is the gravitational constant.

A is the shape parameter of the ball for air resistance.
FAIR<=A V2


Animation created by John M. Clement  © 2010 all rights reserved.

This simulation is based on Physlets® by Wolfgang Christian  at Davidson College.  The Physlets code may not be sold or commercially distributed for profit without permission of the author.