Thanks for the tip. I have already done a google search and looked at both mathworld and wikipedia. Using the basic Euler integration method, I would simply integrate acceleration to get velocity at a particular instance of time and then use the value I obtain to further integrate and find...
I understand the problem is a trivial one, especially to integrate the acceleration to find velocity, but would you mind showing me how to apply the RK4 technique to this simple problem so I can understand it better?
Hi,
Could someone please show me how to solve the following simple problem using the Runge-Kutta (RK4) integration method?
A car at t=0 has acceleration 10m/s/s, velocity 0m/s.
How far would the car travel in 10 seconds?
I know this can be solved using the equations of motion (giving...
Thanks for the reply.
Lets ignore the friction and rotation for now.
Assuming the mass is 1kg.
Ek = 1/2 * m * v^2 =
1/2 * 1 * (sqrt(0^2 + (-10)^2 + 0^2))^2 =
1/2 * 100 = 50.
Not too sure how the kinetic energy fits into the equation... :redface:
In this case, yes just the y...
Hi,
I'm trying to figure out how to calculate the resulting velocity vector of a ball after impact with a surface.
If the velocity vector is V {Vx, Vy, Vz} and The ball hits a surface with normal N {Nx, Ny, Nz} what would be the resulting vector of the new velocity?
Assuming the ball...