Rocket Simulation Code in Java
I've started writing some rocket simulation code in Java. This will enable us
to make simulation applets, or platform-independent applications. The code
is still in its infacy, but here it is anyway...
This module defines a Vec3D class for manipulating 3-D vectors.
It has all the handy operations, such as length, projection, products, etc.
(though thanks to Java's omission of operator overloading, you have to
use these things in a consistently bone-headed manner). Vec3D is used
extensively by the other rocket simulation modules.
This module defines the Planet class. A Planet has various
attributes important to rocket flight, such as radius, gravity, and
atmospheric density. These are used to compute the forces acting on
a mass within the planet's sphere of influence.
This module defines the Rocket class, where various forces
acting on a rocket are combined and the rocket's state is updated. Currently,
it also defines a little main program (run "test.class") for testing the
code.
As I develop applets using this code, you'll find links to them on
my main rocket simulation page.
http://www.strout.net/info/science/rocketsim/javacode.html
Last Updated:
7/17/98
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