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Modelling with projectiles / Derek Hart and Tony Croft.

By: Hart, Derek, 1933-.
Contributor(s): Croft, Tony, 1957-.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Ellis Horwood series in mathematics and its applications.Publisher: Chichester, West Sussex, England : New York : E. Horwood ; Halsted Press [distributor], 1988Description: 151 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. + hbk.ISBN: 0745803237 ; 0470210850 .Subject(s): Projectiles -- Mathematical modelsDDC classification: 531.55
Contents:
Introduction -- Preliminary theory of projectile motion -- The enveloping parabola -- Resisted motion -- Aerodynamic aspects of projectile motion -- Standardising the shot -- Baiera's problem -- The Percy Grainger problem -- Safe driving speeds on newly surfaced roads -- Modelling the flight of a javelin -- Throwing the cricket ball -- Harvesting grain -- Modelling the flight of a golf ball -- High altitude ballistics.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
General Lending MTU Bishopstown Library Lending 531.55 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00099475
Total holds: 0

Bibliography: p. [150]-151 - Includes index.

Introduction -- Preliminary theory of projectile motion -- The enveloping parabola -- Resisted motion -- Aerodynamic aspects of projectile motion -- Standardising the shot -- Baiera's problem -- The Percy Grainger problem -- Safe driving speeds on newly surfaced roads -- Modelling the flight of a javelin -- Throwing the cricket ball -- Harvesting grain -- Modelling the flight of a golf ball -- High altitude ballistics.

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