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sciwizeh
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Hello, I am new here, so I don't know if this is the right place to post this question or not, if not please move it to the right place.
At the moment I am working on making a computer simulator for rigid bodies using java, the only problem is that I thought that high school physics would cover 2D collisions of rigid bodies, but it didn't. I am working purely in 2D, but as of now I am completely unfamiliar with calculus, and the only equations I can find use calculus. So far I only have 1 square that rotates at a fixed rate, as I don't know the angular acceleration and torque formulas (stupid calculus I start this year), and moves along the X axis and Y axis (plural of axis is what?). Right now I just want it to bounce off of the borders of the window properly, then I will progress to 2 square interacting. I have collision detection, just not reaction. I know I have a lot to learn, I don't need programming help, just the physics behind the programming (if I do need programming help I am also a member of a programming forum, but they don't know physics).
thanks for reading, help is appreciated
At the moment I am working on making a computer simulator for rigid bodies using java, the only problem is that I thought that high school physics would cover 2D collisions of rigid bodies, but it didn't. I am working purely in 2D, but as of now I am completely unfamiliar with calculus, and the only equations I can find use calculus. So far I only have 1 square that rotates at a fixed rate, as I don't know the angular acceleration and torque formulas (stupid calculus I start this year), and moves along the X axis and Y axis (plural of axis is what?). Right now I just want it to bounce off of the borders of the window properly, then I will progress to 2 square interacting. I have collision detection, just not reaction. I know I have a lot to learn, I don't need programming help, just the physics behind the programming (if I do need programming help I am also a member of a programming forum, but they don't know physics).
thanks for reading, help is appreciated