Bouncing ball simulation
Bouncing Ball Simulation "Philosophy [nature] is written in that great book whichever is before our eyes -- I mean the universe -- but we cannot understand it if we do not first learn the language and grasp the symbols in which it is written." -Galileo Galilei image courtesy of Professor Andrew Davidhazy, Rochester Institute of Technology Bouncing ball in real life seems to be a simple phenomenon. The physics of a bouncing ball deal with the physical behavior of bouncing balls, particularly its motion before, during, and after impact against the surface of another body. Several aspects of a bouncing ball's behavior can be introduced in high school or undergraduate level physics courses. However, the exact modeling of the behavior is complex. The motion of a ball is generally described by projectile motion (which can be affected by gravity, drag, the Magnus effect, and buoyancy). At the same time, its impact is usually characterized through the coefficient of restituti...