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BALL (pronounced "ball") is software consisting of the versatile C++ class framework Biochemical Algorithms Library (BALL), a set of algorithms and data structures for molecular modelling and computational structural bioinformatics, a Python interface to this library, and a graphical user interface to BALL, the molecule viewer BALLView.
BALL has evolved from a commercial product into free-of-charge open-source software licensed under the GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL). BALLView is licensed under the GNU General Public License (GPL) license.
BALL and BALLView have been ported to the operating systems Linux, macOS, Solaris, and Windows.
The molecule viewer BALLView, also developed by the BALL project team, is a C++ application of BALL using Qt, and OpenGL with the real-time ray tracer RTFact as render back-ends. For both, BALLView offers three-dimensional and stereoscopic visualizing in several different modes, and applying directly the algorithms of the BALL library via its graphical user interface.
The BALL project is developed and maintained by groups at Saarland University, Mainz University, and University of Tübingen. Both the library and the viewer are heavily used for education and research. BALL packages have been made available in the Debian project in April 2010.

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  1. P

    Small Ball Falling: Velocity, Acceleration & Height vs Time

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  2. C

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  3. L

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  4. Y

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  5. P

    Conceptual understanding of moment transfer for bouncing ball

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  6. Satvik Pandey

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  7. B

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  8. K

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  9. N

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  10. P

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  11. K

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  12. T

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  13. HaLAA

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  14. E

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  15. powerof

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  16. C

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  17. J

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  18. K

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  19. H

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  20. H

    Ball thrown upwards: Acceleration and Velocity

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  21. I

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  22. A

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  23. lovethepirk

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  24. B3NR4Y

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  25. H

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  26. A

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  27. Z

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  28. C

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  29. A

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  30. rakeru

    Rolling Ball and Proportionality Between Distance and Time

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  31. Bhupendra

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  32. wonchristy

    Throwing a Ball on Mars: Exploring Height, Speed, and Time

    A ball is thrown with an initial speed of v0=39.2m/s vertically to Mars. Its initial height is h=15m from the surface of mars. the acceleration of gravity on Mars is g=3.7m/s^2 (1) what is the maximum height hmax of the ball (2) How long is the ball in the 'atmosphere' (3) What is the speed...
  33. AdoobII

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  34. R

    Creating a Positive/Negative Magnetic Ball

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  35. P

    The Bouncing Ball Lab- Loss of Energy

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  36. aditya ver.2.0

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  37. F

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    A golfer hits a shot to a green that is elevated 3.00 m above the point where the ball is struck. The ball leaves the club at a speed of 17.1 m/s at an angle of 52.0˚ above the horizontal. It rises to its maximum height and then falls down to the green. Ignoring air resistance, find the speed of...
  38. A

    Find the force to stop a ball at a given speed

    Homework Statement Find the force to stop a 5kg ball at 20m/s instantly. Dont take in account resistance. Homework Equations kinetic energy = 0.5*mass*velocity^2 Energy = force * distance force = energy / distance The Attempt at a Solution 0.5 * 5kg * 20m/s^2 = 1000J 1000J / 0 =...
  39. PhysicsStudnt

    Ball dropped through a tunnel through the earth.

    Homework Statement A tunnel is drilled from the surface of the earth(mass assumed to be M and radius to be R) to its center . A body of mass m is dropped from the surface to the center through the tunnel. What will be the velocity with which the body of mass m will hit the tunnel...
  40. E

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  41. I

    A ball falls with no force acting on it

    If you are standing on the Earth and you drop a ball, the ball falls to the ground due to the force of gravity acting on it. Now imagine you are in an upward accelerating elevator in space. You let go of a ball that you are holding in your hand. The ball Is stationary in space, but the...
  42. D

    Collision of ball with a fixed inclined plane

    if a ball of mass m were to strike an fixed incined plane of 45degress with velocity of 3m/s, and was rebounded horizontally, what would be the velocity of the rebounded ball.(elastic collision). this the method i have tried. momentum of the system along the x-axis is conserved.therefore...
  43. M

    How Does Angular Momentum Affect a Ball Rolling Up an Incline?

    A hollow sphere with mass $$M$$ , radius $$R$$ , and moment of inertia $$I=2/3MR^2$$ about its center rolls without slipping with a initial center of mass speed $$v$$ towards a fixed ramp. It then rolls without slipping up the ramp. The ramp forms an angle $$\theta$$ with the horizontal...
  44. M

    Dropping a ball and calculating its speed.

    Homework Statement If a person drops a 20kg ball from a height of 50m. What is the speed of the ball before it hits the ground? Neglecting air resistance.The Attempt at a Solution I'm not sure if this is a trick question. The formula I would use to solve this is final velocity = initial...
  45. M

    Finding how long it will take the ball to reach 20m

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  46. L

    What technology could make a cricket ball stop and hover in mid-air?

    Just had a dream about someone that bowled a cricket ball (spin delivery) and after it bounced when it got to about a meter in height it just stopped dead in the air and hovered. What technology inside of the ball would be needed so that lift force was countered so that it would stop vertically...
  47. M

    Ball in Cone Issue: Solving for Angle X

    Guys, I have a problem I'm trying to solve for work (we're trying to inspect a hole, and I'm trying to determine its angle using a gage pin and a ball bearing). An image of the problem is attached. The known dimensions which we can measure are shown in black, and I am trying to solve for...
  48. R

    Projectiles Question -- Tiger Woods drives a golf ball on the Moon

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  49. N

    Weighing a bowling ball project

    In bowling, the ball will have a heavy spot marked as the center of gravity (cg). This will have an additional 1oz to 5 oz of weight to compensate for when the fingers are drilled into the ball. In bowling a dodo scale is used to measure the difference in static weight of the bowling ball...
  50. Satvik Pandey

    How long the ball remains in contact with the ground when dropped

    Homework Statement A ball of mass 1kg is dropped from a height 1m . Estimate how long the ball is in contact with the ground in seconds ? Details and assumption Simplify the question by modeling the ball as an ideal spring of spring constant 100Nm . Take gravitational acceleration if...
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