File:Mplwp ballistic trajectory.svg

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English: Plot of a ballistic trajectory with air resistance. The trajectory follows the differential equation with initial conditions .

The parameters are:

The differential equation is solved numerically using Scipy odeint.
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Author Geek3
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#!/usr/bin/python
# -*- coding: utf8 -*-

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import matplotlib as mpl
import numpy as np
from math import *

code_website = 'http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Geek3/mplwp'
try:
    import mplwp
except ImportError, er:
    print 'ImportError:', er
    print 'You need to download mplwp.py from', code_website
    exit(1)

name = 'mplwp_ballistic_trajectory.svg'
fig = mplwp.fig_standard(mpl)

xlim = 0,515/355.; fig.gca().set_xlim(xlim)
ylim = 0,1; fig.gca().set_ylim(ylim)
fig.gca().yaxis.set_major_locator(mpl.ticker.MultipleLocator(0.2))

from scipy.integrate import odeint
from scipy.optimize import brentq
def ballistic(g, k, xy0, v0, alpha0, tt):
    # use a four-dimensional vector function vec = [x, y, vx, vy]
    def dif(vec, t):
        v = sqrt(vec[2]**2 + vec[3]**2)
        return [vec[2], vec[3], -k*v*vec[2], -g -k*v*vec[3]]
    
    # solve the differential equation numerically
    vec = odeint(dif, [xy0[0], xy0[1], v0*cos(alpha0), v0*sin(alpha0)], tt)
    return vec[:,0], vec[:,1] # return x(tt) and y(tt)

g = 1.0
k = 1.4
v0 = 4.0
alpha0 = pi/4

t1 = brentq(lambda t: ballistic(g,k,[0,0],v0,alpha0,[0,t])[1][1],0.1,5)
t = np.linspace(0, t1, 5001)
x, y = ballistic(g, k, [0, 0], v0, alpha0, t)
while len(y) > 1 and y[-2] <= 0.0: x = x[:-1]; y = y[:-1]
plt.plot(x, y, label='ballistic curve with air resistance')

mpl.rc('legend', borderaxespad=0.8)
plt.legend(loc='upper center').get_frame().set_alpha(0.9)
plt.savefig(name)
mplwp.postprocess(name)

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References

    Category:Trajectories Category:Ballistics Category:Physics plots Category:Photos by User:Geek3
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