Projectile motion and time of flight and maximum height
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Time of flight = 2u sinФ/g
Maximum height = (u sinФ)^2 / 2g
Maximum height = (u sinФ)^2 / 2g
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Total Time of flight = T =2 * (u sin Ф) / g
H = (ut -1/2 a t² formula)
= u Sin Ф * (u sin Ф / g) - 1/2 g (u SinФ/g)²
= u² Sin² Ф / 2 g
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I am deriving the formulas for you here in detailed manner.
Let us say the the projectile is fired into air at an angle of Ф with the horizontal and with an initial speed of u in that direction. Initially, at time t = 0sec, the projectile is at origin O(0,0) at height =0. At time t sec, the projectile is on the parabolic path at a point P (x, y) with instantaneous velocities Vx, and Vy in x and y directions.
There is a deceleration in the vertical direction = - g
Speed of projectile in the vertical direction is :
V = u + a * t => Vy = u sin Ф - g t -- equation 1
Speed in the horizontal direction is a constant as there is no acceleration:
=> Vx = u cos Ф + 0 * t -- equation 2
Displacement = Distance traveled is : s = u t + 1/2 a t²
=> Sx = x = (u cos Ф) t --- equation 3
t = x / (u cos Ф)
Sy = y = (u Sin Ф) t - 1/2 g t²
y = (u sin Ф) (x / u cos Ф) - 1/2 g (x² / u² Cos² Ф)
y = x tan Ф - g x² / (2u²Cos²Ф) --- equation 4
This is the equation of motion of a 2-d projectile and its locus.
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The maximum height H is reached by projectile when Vy becomes 0.
=> Vy = 0 = u sin Ф - g t
=> t = u sin Ф / g = time interval to reach the maximum height.
=> H = u Sin Ф * (u sin Ф / g) - 1/2 g (u SinФ/g)²
=> H = u² Sin² Ф / 2 g -- equation 5
Time of flight = 2 * (u sin Ф) / g --- equation 6
y = 0 => x = R = Range of the projectile , where it lands on ground.
Substituting in equation 4, we get
R = u² Sin 2Ф / g -- equation 6
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