On the locus formed by the maximum heights of projectile motion with air resistance

DOI10.1088/0143-0807/31/6/002MaRDI QIDQ3062867zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors H. Hernández-Saldaña

Publication date 29 December 2010

Published in European Journal of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1001.0602

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Problems involving a system of particles with friction (70F40)

Abstract: We present an analysis on the geometrical place formed by the set of maxima of the trajectories of a projectile launched in a media with linear drag. Such a place, the locus of apexes, is written in term of the Lambert $W$ function in polar coordinates, confirming the special role played by this function in the problem. In order to characterize the locus, a study of its curvature is presented in two parameterizations, in terms of the launch angle and in the polar one. The angles of maximum curvature are compared with other important angles in the projectile problem. As an addendum, we find that the synchronous curve in this problem is a circle as in the drag-free case.

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