""" BOUNCE A physics simulation Ported by Dave LeCompte """ PAGE_WIDTH = 64 def print_centered(msg): spaces = " " * ((PAGE_WIDTH - len(msg)) // 2) print(spaces + msg) def print_header(title): print_centered(title) print_centered("CREATIVE COMPUTING MORRISTOWN, NEW JERSEY") print() print() print() def print_instructions(): print("THIS SIMULATION LETS YOU SPECIFY THE INITIAL VELOCITY") print("OF A BALL THROWN STRAIGHT UP, AND THE COEFFICIENT OF") print("ELASTICITY OF THE BALL. PLEASE USE A DECIMAL FRACTION") print("COEFFICIENCY (LESS THAN 1).") print() print("YOU ALSO SPECIFY THE TIME INCREMENT TO BE USED IN") print("'STROBING' THE BALL'S FLIGHT (TRY .1 INITIALLY).") print() def get_initial_conditions(): delta_t = float(input("TIME INCREMENT (SEC)? ")) print() v0 = float(input("VELOCITY (FPS)? ")) print() coeff_rest = float(input("COEFFICIENT? ")) print() return delta_t, v0, coeff_rest def print_at_tab(line, tab, s): line += (" " * (tab - len(line))) + s return line def run_simulation(delta_t, v0, coeff_rest): t = [0] * 20 # time of each bounce print("FEET") print() sim_dur = int(70 / (v0 / (16 * delta_t))) for i in range(1, sim_dur + 1): t[i] = v0 * coeff_rest ** (i - 1) / 16 # Draw the trajectory of the bouncing ball, one slice of height at a time h = int(-16 * (v0 / 32) ** 2 + v0**2 / 32 + 0.5) while h >= 0: line = "" if int(h) == h: line += str(int(h)) l = 0 for i in range(1, sim_dur + 1): tm = 0 while tm <= t[i]: l += delta_t if ( abs(h - (0.5 * (-32) * tm**2 + v0 * coeff_rest ** (i - 1) * tm)) <= 0.25 ): line = print_at_tab(line, int(l / delta_t), "0") tm += delta_t tm = t[i + 1] / 2 if -16 * tm**2 + v0 * coeff_rest ** (i - 1) * tm < h: break print(line) h = h - 0.5 print("." * (int((l + 1) / delta_t) + 1)) print line = " 0" for i in range(1, int(l + 0.9995) + 1): line = print_at_tab(line, int(i / delta_t), str(i)) print(line) print() print(print_at_tab("", int((l + 1) / (2 * delta_t) - 2), "SECONDS")) print() def main(): print_header("BOUNCE") print_instructions() while True: delta_t, v0, coeff_rest = get_initial_conditions() run_simulation(delta_t, v0, coeff_rest) break if __name__ == "__main__": main()