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tl;dr

A beginner Python and Tkinter app that simulates a falling object with adjustable air resistance and gravity settings.

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  root((Free Fall Simulator))
    What it does
      Frame by frame fall simulation
      Air resistance modeling
      Terminal velocity
    Tech stack
      Python
      Tkinter
    Use cases
      Physics visualization
      Learning project
      Parameter experimentation
    Audience
      Python learners
      Physics students
      Beginners

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what do people make with this?

VIBE 1

Visualize how air resistance affects a falling object's terminal velocity.

VIBE 2

Experiment with mass, drag coefficient, and air density to see their effect on a fall.

VIBE 3

Study a beginner example of frame-by-frame physics simulation in Python.

VIBE 4

Compare falls with different starting heights and initial velocities.

what's the stack?

PythonTkinter

how it stacks up fr

aspect345/air-resistance-free-fall-simulator0xallam/my-recipe0xhassaan/nn-from-scratch
Stars00
LanguagePythonPythonPython
Last pushed2022-11-22
MaintenanceDormant
Setup difficultyeasymoderatemoderate
Complexity1/52/54/5
Audiencegeneralgeneraldeveloper

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how do i run it?

Difficulty · easy time til it works · 5min

Requires Python with Tkinter available, which ships with most standard Python installs.

The README does not state license terms.

in plain english

This is a small Python application, built with the Tkinter graphical toolkit, that simulates an object falling under gravity while accounting for air resistance. Instead of using a single formula to jump straight to an answer, it works by stepping through the fall frame by frame, recalculating the object's speed and position at each small time step, which is how you get realistic effects like terminal velocity, the point where air resistance balances gravity and the object stops speeding up. The README is short and describes this as one of the author's first programming projects, made while they were learning Python, as a way to practice and improve their skills. Because of that, it is best understood as a learning exercise rather than a polished tool meant for outside users, though its features already cover the basics of this kind of physics simulation. You can adjust several variables before running a simulation, including the object's mass, its starting velocity and height, the drag coefficient, air density, and surface area, all of which affect how quickly the object falls and how strongly air resistance slows it down. There is also a menu for selecting a preset object and for choosing the simulation's time step, along with an easier and expanded time selection menu. The author lists a few possible future improvements they have in mind but have not yet built, including adding graphs of the results, other kinds of simulations, support for gravity on other planets, and a real time simulation mode. As it stands today, this is a desktop simulation tool for anyone curious about how air resistance changes a falling object's motion, and it doubles as an example of an early Python project.

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prompt 1
Help me run this Air Resistance Free Fall simulator on my computer with Python and Tkinter.
prompt 2
Explain how the frame by frame simulation approach calculates terminal velocity here.
prompt 3
Show me how changing the drag coefficient and surface area affects the simulated fall.
prompt 4
Suggest how I could add a results graph to this free fall simulator as a next step.

Frequently asked questions

what is air-resistance-free-fall-simulator fr?

A beginner Python and Tkinter app that simulates a falling object with adjustable air resistance and gravity settings.

What language is air-resistance-free-fall-simulator written in?

Mainly Python. The stack also includes Python, Tkinter.

What license does air-resistance-free-fall-simulator use?

The README does not state license terms.

How hard is air-resistance-free-fall-simulator to set up?

Setup difficulty is rated easy, with roughly 5min to a first successful run.

Who is air-resistance-free-fall-simulator for?

Mainly general.

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