Here's an example code to simulate the free fall of an object with mass m
and initial height h
in a vacuum:
main.m474 chars16 lines
This code uses the ode45
function to solve the differential equation y'' = -g
(where y
is the position of the object). The initial conditions are y(0) = h
and y'(0) = 0
. The solution gives the position of the object as a function of time, which is plotted using plot
.
Note that this simulation assumes that there is no air resistance, so it only works for objects falling in a vacuum. If you want to simulate falling with air resistance, you'll need to modify the differential equation to include a drag force term.
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