Free fall determine time

how long does it take for a freely falling object to fall to the ground

computational task

MaRDI QIDQ6684567FDOCommunityMathModDB

Contained entities

free fall initial height		input
free fall equation (air drag, phase space)	$\frac{dy}{dt}=f(y(t))$	governing equation
	$y$ represents free fall point
	$t$ represents time
	$f$ represents free fall equation (air drag, right-hand side)
free fall initial point	$y_0\equiv (x_0,v_0{)}^T$	parameter
		initial value of an ODE
	$x_0$ represents free fall initial height
	$y_0$ represents free fall initial velocity
free fall point	$y\equiv (x,v{)}^T$	output
		unknown function
	$x$ represents free fall height
	$v$ represents free fall velocity
free fall equation (vacuum, right-hand side)	$f\equiv (v,-g{)}^T$	input
		right-hand-side of an ODE
	$f$ represents free fall equation (vacuum, right-hand side)
	$g$ represents gravitational acceleration
	$v$ represents free fall velocity
free fall equation (vacuum, phase space)	$\frac{dy}{dt}=f(y(t))$	governing equation
	$y$ represents free fall point
	$t$ represents time
	$f$ represents free fall equation (vacuum, right-hand side)
free fall impact time		output
gravitational acceleration	$\overrightarrow{g}\equiv -\frac{GM}{r^2}\overrightarrow{r}$	constant
	$M$ represents earth mass
	$r$ represents earth radius
	$G$ represents gravitational constant
	$g$ represents gravitational acceleration
free fall initial velocity		input
free fall equation (air drag, right-hand side)	$f\equiv (v,-g+\frac{1}{2m}\rho C_{D}A{v}^2{)}^T$	input
		right-hand-side of an ODE
	$f$ represents free fall equation (air drag, right-hand side)
	$v$ represents free fall velocity
	$g$ represents gravitational acceleration
	$A$ represents cross section
	$\rho$ represents density of air
	$C_D$ represents drag coefficient
	$m$ represents free fall mass

Assumptions

uniform gravitational acceleration

Further links

Item	Property
free fall model (air drag)	used by
free fall model (vacuum)	used by

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