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Projectile Motion

This Excel spreadsheet calculates the trajectory of a projectile based on input parameters such as launch angle, mass, spring force, gravity, etc. The spreadsheet contains equations to calculate the projectile's vertical and horizontal velocity, time and position at different points along its path, maximum height and range. It then generates a graph of the projectile's trajectory over time based on these calculations.

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Projectile Motion

This Excel spreadsheet calculates the trajectory of a projectile based on input parameters such as launch angle, mass, spring force, gravity, etc. The spreadsheet contains equations to calculate the projectile's vertical and horizontal velocity, time and position at different points along its path, maximum height and range. It then generates a graph of the projectile's trajectory over time based on these calculations.

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Projectile_motion.

xls
To find trajectory of a projectile
Written by Alex Slocum. Last modified 11/11/2004 by Xue'en Yang
Enters numbers in BOLD, Results in RED

Launch angle, theta (degrees)


Mass, m (grams)
Constant force spring force, Fs (N)
Number of springs, Ns
Distance over which force is applied, LL (mm)
efficiency, eta
Launch velocity, V (m/s)
Vertical velocity component, Vy (m/s)
Horizontal velocity component, Vx (m/s)
Acceleration due to gravity, g (m/s^2)
Time to maximum height, tmh (seconds)
Total travel time, ttotal (seconds)
Maximum height, ymax (m)
Maximum range, xmax (m)
Time increment, tinc

Projectile trajectory
1.40
1.20
1.00
Distance (m)

Time (s) X position (m) Y position (m)


0.00
0.00
0.00
0.02
0.06
0.03
0.04
0.13
0.07
0.06
0.19
0.09
0.08
0.25
0.12
0.10
0.32
0.14
0.12
0.38
0.15
0.14
0.45
0.17
0.15
0.51
0.18
0.17
0.57
0.18
0.19
0.64
0.18
0.21
0.70
0.18
0.23
0.76
0.18
0.25
0.83
0.17
0.27
0.89
0.15
0.29
0.95
0.14
0.31
1.02
0.12
0.33
1.08
0.09
0.35
1.15
0.07
0.37
1.21
0.03
0.39
1.27
0.00

30 0.5235988
250
10
2
100
0.9
3.79
1.90
3.29
9.8
0.19
0.39
0.18
1.27
0.019

Equations

mV 2 mgh
V xi V cos
1

V y (t )

dV gdt

yi

2 gh

V yi V sin
V y (t ) V yi gt

0.80
0.60
0.40
0.20
0.00
0.00

0.05

0.10

0.15

0.20
Time (s)

mV 2 mgh
V xi V cos
1

V y (t )

V yi V sin

dV gdt

yi

V y (t ) V yi gt

y (t ) Vt sin 1 2 g t 2
t max height

2 gh

V sin
g

y max height

t total

V sin
2g
2

x(t ) tV cos

2V sin
g

x max distance

2
V sin 2
g

rojectile trajectory

X position (m)
Y position (m)

0.25
Time (s)

0.30

0.35

0.40

0.45

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