Simple physics with Python

Examples and exercises on elementary Physics

The ITALIAN version is available here

Chapter 1. Motion along a straight line

• Section 1. Motion with Constant Velocity

  • Reaction distance, reaction time
  • Ultrasonic distance sensor
  • Earth-to-Moon distance
  • Long Distance Communications

• Section 2. Motion with Constant Acceleration

  • Free fall
  • The acceleration of a car
  • Airplane landing

• Section 3. Experiments and data analysis

  • A trip on a lift
  • Motion along an inclined plane

• Section 4. Oscillations

  • Experiments
  • Model

Chapter 2. Motion on a plane trajectory

• Section 1. Projectile motion

  • Experiment on projectile motion
    • Data acquisition, processing and analysis
  • Modelling projectile motion
    • Position, velocity, and velocity vector in real time
  • Simulating projectile motion
    • Launch angle, horizontal range, and safety area

• Section 2. Circular motion

  • Uniform circular motion

Chapter 3. Support topics

• Section 1. Trigonometry

  • Measuring angles
  • Trigonometric functions

• Section 2. Vectors

  • Vector basics

Chapter 4. Further on

• Section 1. Oscillations

  • Oscillations and sound

• Section 2. Angular momentum

  • What is the angular momentum?

• Section 3. Multiparticle systems

  • Center of mass

 

Acknowledgement

This project has been realized following the example of the GitHub repo Engineering Computations by Lorena A. Barba e Natalia C. Clementi

 

For interested users

For running the Python scripts contained in the Jupyter Notebooks of this collection even if Python and Jupyter are not installed on your device, you can use the binder environment online

We also suggest you to install the Anaconda package (Individual Edition), download a clone of the repository, and run the notebooks on your machine.

Enjoy!

 

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