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Re: projectile motion with drag

Bob Muir wrote:

On Thu, 10 Oct 1996 PHYS010@NMSUVM1.NMSU.EDU wrote:

Does anyone know of a general physics text which shows a graph
(or other drawing ) of projectile motion with drag? It does not have
to dicuss it much, just draw it.

See Classical Dynamics by Jerry B. Marion & Stephen T. Thornton, Harcourt
Brace Jovanovich College Publishers, 3rd ed., ISBN 0-15-507640-X pp54-65.
There are many graphs (all theoretical).

See also Analytical Mechanics, Grant R. Fowles, Saunders college Pub., 4th
Ed. (I think there is a later ed.), ISBN 0-03-004124-4. There is a graph
of v vs t for linear drag and quadratic drag.

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In *Spreadsheet Physics* by Charles Misner and Patrick Cooney, the authors
show how to solve for a projectile's motion with drag. The calculations can
be easily modified and the resulting graphs are very instructive--more so
than an artist's testbook drawing.

Roger