Bibliography for Projectile Motion

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  1. Projectile Motion with Resistance and the Lambert W Function
    Edward W. Packel and David S. Yuen
    College Mathematics Journal, Vol. 35, No. 5, (November 2004), pp. 337-350.
  2. Baseball Outfielders Maintain a Linear Optical Trajectory When Tracking Uncatchable Fly Balls
    Shaffer, D. M.; McBeath, M. K.
    Journal of Experimental Psychology Human Perception and Performance, 2002, vol. 28, no. 2, pp. 335-348, Ingenta.  
  3. Analysis on three body motion of parachute-projectile systems
    Shu, J.-r.; Wan, B.-g.; Han, Z.-p.; Lu, C.-m.
    Acta Aeronautica et Astronautica Sinica, 2001, vol. 22, no. 6, pp. 481-485, Ingenta.   
  4. A note on the stability of motion of a projectile
    Naik, S. D.
    Sadhana, 2001, vol. 26, no. 4, pp. 379-385, Ingenta.   
  5. Projectile Motion with Mathematica  
    Author: de Alwis, Tilak
    International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology v31 n5 p749-55 Sep-Oct 2000, ERIC.  
  6. Projectile Motion in Special Relativity.
    Naddy, Cory J.; Dudley, Scott C.; Haaland, Ryan K.
    Physics Teacher, 2000, vol. 38, no. 1, pp. 27-29, Ingenta.   
  7. The Velocity Dependence of Aerodynamic Drag: A Primer for Mathematicians  
    Long,Lyle N.; Weiss,Howard
    Amer. Math. Monthly 106 (Feb. 1999), no.2, 127--135, MathSciNet.  
  8. Maximizing the Arclength in the Cannonball Problem  
    Ze-Li Dou  
    College Math Journal: Volume 30, Number 1, (1999), Pages: 44-45.
  9. Angular Motion Effects on Kinetic Energy Projectile Performance.
    Schmidt, E. M.
    Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, 1999, vol. 36, no. 2, pp. 292, Ingenta.   
  10. Modelling the projectile motion of a cricket ball  
    Coutis, Peter
    Internat. J. Math. Ed. Sci. Tech. 29 (1998), no. 6, 789--798, MathSciNet.  
  11. Approximate trajectories for projectile motion with air resistance.
    Deakin, Michael A. B.; Troup, G. J.
    American journal of physics, 1998, vol. 66, no. 1, pp. 34 , Ingenta.  
  12. Halley's Comment---Projectiles With Linear Resistance  
    C.W. Groetsch and Barry Cipra  
    Mathematics Magazine: Volume 70, Number 4, (1997), Pages: 273-280.
  13. Halley's Gunnery Rule  
    C. W. Groetsch  
    College Math Journal: Volume 28, Number 1, (1997), Pages: 47-50.
  14. A Mathematician Catches a Baseball  
    Edward Aboufadel  
    American Mathematical Monthly, Vol. 103, No. 10. (Dec., 1996), pp. 870-878, Jstor.  
  15. How Baseball Outfielders Determine Where to Run to Catch Fly Balls (in Reports)  
    Michael K. McBeath, Dennis M. Shaffer, Mary K. Kaiser  
    Science, New Series, Vol. 268, No. 5210. (Apr. 28, 1995), pp. 569-573, Jstor.  
  16. Projectile Motion with Arbitrary Resistance  
    Tilak de Alwis  
    College Math Journal: Volume 26, Number 5, (1995), Pages: 361-367, Ingenta.   
  17. The Oseen Drag at Infinite Reynolds Number  
    A. J. Weisenborn, B. I. M. Ten Bosch  
    SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics, Vol. 55, No. 5. (Oct., 1995), pp. 1227-1232, Jstor.  
  18. On the Oseen Drag on a Sphere  
    A. J. Weisenborn, B. I. M. Ten Bosch  
    SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics, Vol. 55, No. 3. (Jun., 1995), pp. 577-592, Jstor.  
  19. A Progression of Projectiles  
    Roland Minton  
    College Math Journal: Volume 25, Number 5, (1994), Pages: 436-442.
  20. The Shape of a Projectile's Path: Explorations with a Computer Algebra System  
    Robert Lopez; John Mathews  
    The AMATYC Review, Vol. 14, No. 2, Spring 1993, pp. 38-47.  
  21. Relativistic projectile motion.
    Strnad, J.
    European journal of physics, 1993, vol. 14, no. 1, pp. 14, Ingenta.   
  22. Analytical Approach to the Oseen Drag on a Sphere at Infinite Reynolds Number  
    A. J. Weisenborn, B. I. M. Ten Bosch  
    SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics, Vol. 53, No. 3. (Jun., 1993), pp. 601-620, Jstor.  
  23. Two-point fractional approximants for the motion of a projectile in a resisting medium.
    Martin, P.; Puerta, J.
    European journal of physics, 1991, vol. 12, no. 2, pp. 86, Ingenta.   
  24. The Maximum Range of a Projectile in a Vacuum Revisited (in Classroom Notes)  
    Dorothy Browne Shaffer  
    SIAM Review, Vol. 32, No. 2. (Jun., 1990), pp. 289-293, Jstor.  
  25. Dissecting Trajectories: Galileo's Early Experiments on Projectile Motion and the Law of Fall  
    David K. Hill  
    Isis, Vol. 79, No. 4. (Dec., 1988), pp. 646-668, Jstor.  
  26. Minimum Value of a Projectile Velocity (in Classroom Notes)  
    Thomas J. Lardner  
    SIAM Review, Vol. 28, No. 3. (Sep., 1986), pp. 385-388, Jstor.  
  27. Projectile Paths Corrected for Recoil and Air Resistance.
    Author: Kemp, H. R.
    Physics Education v21 n1 p19-23 Jan 1986, ERIC.  
  28. Relativistic Projectile Fragment Interactions: Anomalons (in Reports)  
    Paul J. Karol  
    Science, New Series, Vol. 226, No. 4681. (Dec. 21, 1984), pp. 1425-1427, Jstor.  
  29. Solution of a Conjecture Concerning Air Resistance  
    Colin Wratten  
    Mathematics Magazine: Volume 57, Number 4, (1984), Pages: 225-228.
  30. Projectile Motion in a Resisting Medium: A Computer Simulation  
    Author: Thomas, William E.; Grouws, Douglas A.
    School Science and Mathematics v84 n4 p320-26 Apr 1984, ERIC.  
  31. Flight in an Irrotational Wind Field. II: Problem 82-15 (in Solutions)  
    M. S. Klamkin  
    SIAM Review, Vol. 25, No. 3. (Jul., 1983), pp. 406-407, Jstor.  
  32. What Goes Up Must come Down; Will Air Resistance Make It Return Sooner, or Later?
    John Lekner
    Mathematics Magazine: Volume 55, Number 1, (1982), Pages: 26-28
  33. Galileo's Theory of Projectile Motion  
    R. H. Naylor  
    Isis, Vol. 71, No. 4. (Dec., 1980), pp. 550-570, Jstor.  
  34. On Extreme Length Flight Paths (in Classroom Notes in Applied Mathematics)  
    M. S. Klamkin  
    SIAM Review, Vol. 18, No. 3. (Jul., 1976), pp. 486-488, Jstor.  
  35. An Aspect of Galileo's Study of the Parabolic Trajectory (in Notes & Correspondence)  
    Ronald Naylor  
    Isis, Vol. 66, No. 3. (Sep., 1975), pp. 394-396, Jstor.  
  36. Problem 64-3, Escape Velocity with Drag (in Problems)  
    D. J. Newman  
    SIAM Review, Vol. 6, No. 1. (Jan., 1964), pp. 60-61, Jstor.  
  37. On the gyroscopic motion of a projectile. (Spanish)
    García, Godofredo
    Actas Acad. Ci. Lima 17, (1954). 51--65, MathSciNet.  
  38. The Non-Euclidean Projectile  
    Fulton, Curtis M.  
    Mathematics Magazine  25 (1952) 143-146. , Jstor.  
  39. The Trajectory in Vacuo (in Mathematical Notes)  
    J. M. Thomas  
    American Mathematical Monthly, Vol. 54, No. 4. (Apr., 1947), pp. 216-218, Jstor.  
  40. Effects of the Earth's Rotation on the Range and Drift of a Projectile (in Discussion)  
    Wm. H. Roever  
    Science, New Series, Vol. 97, No. 2509. (Jan. 29, 1943), pp. 115-116, Jstor.  
  41. An Elementary Property of the Trajectory of a Projectile (in Questions, Discussions, and Notes)  
    Guido Fubini  
    American Mathematical Monthly, Vol. 48, No. 6. (Jun. - Jul., 1941), pp. 397-399, Jstor.  
  42. Motion of a projectile in a resisting medium. Some frequently used applications taking into account the resistance of the medium. (Spanish) Larrea Bancayan, Manuel
    Revista Ci., Lima 41, (1939). 691--703, MathSciNet.  
  43. On the Air Resistance of Projectiles  
    Paul S. Epstein  
    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 17, No. 9. (Sep. 15, 1931), pp. 532-547, Jstor.  
  44. On the Drift of Spinning Projectiles  
    J. W. Campbell  
    Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series A, Containing Papers of a Mathematical and Physical Character, Vol. 106, No. 737. (Sep. 1, 1924), pp. 222-232, Jstor.  
  45. The Motion of a Falling Chronograph Projectile  
    L. Thompson  
    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 9, No. 9. (Sep. 15, 1923), pp. 329-334, Jstor.  
  46. Discussions: The Path of a Projectile When the Resistance Varies as the Velocity (in Questions and Discussions)  
    E. L. Rees  
    American Mathematical Monthly, Vol. 27, No. 3. (Mar., 1920), pp. 119-120, Jstor.  
  47. Differential Variations in Ballistics, with Applications to the Qualitative Properties of the Trajectory  
    T. H. Gronwall  
    Transactions of the American Mathematical Society, Vol. 22, No. 4. (Oct., 1921), pp. 505-525, Jstor.  
  48. Qualitative Properties of the Ballistic Trajectory  
    T. H. Gronwall  
    The Annals of Mathematics, 2nd Ser., Vol. 22, No. 1. (Sep., 1920), pp. 44-65, Jstor.  
  49. Means of Measuring the Speed of Projectiles in Flight  
    C. G. Abbot  
    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 5, No. 9. (Sep. 15, 1919), pp. 388-389, Jstor.  
  50. Rotating Projectiles from Smooth-Bore Guns  
    C. G. Abbot  
    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 5, No. 9. (Sep. 15, 1919), pp. 386-388, Jstor.  
  51. The Flight of a Rifled Projectile in Air  
    J. B. Henderson  
    Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series A, Containing Papers of a Mathematical and Physical Character, Vol. 82, No. 555. (Jun. 30, 1909), pp. 314-331, Jstor.  
  52. Effect of a Cross Wind on Rifled Projectiles  
    A. Mallock  
    Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series A, Containing Papers of a Mathematical and Physical Character, Vol. 80, No. 542. (Jun. 20, 1908), pp. 595-597, Jstor.  
  53. Note on the Trajectories of Rifled Projectiles with Various Shapes of Head  
    A. Mallock  
    Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series A, Containing Papers of a Mathematical and Physical Character, Vol. 80, No. 541. (Jun. 10, 1908), pp. 519-529, Jstor.  
  54. Space Described in a Given Time by a Projectile Moving in Air  
    A. Mallock  
    Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series A, Containing Papers of a Mathematical and Physical Character, Vol. 79, No. 530. (Jun. 8, 1907), pp. 274-276, Jstor.  
  55. Ranges and Behaviour of Rifled Projectiles in Air  
    A. Mallock  
    Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series A, Containing Papers of a Mathematical and Physical Character, Vol. 79, No. 533. (Sep. 6, 1907), pp. 536-549, Jstor.  
  56. Air Resistance Encountered by Projectiles at Velocities up to 4500 Feet per Second  
    A. Mallock  
    Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Vol. 74. (1904 - 1905), pp. 267-270, Jstor.  
  57. A General Theory of Projectiles  
    M. E. Graber  
    American Mathematical Monthly, Vol. 10, No. 4. (Apr., 1903), pp. 98-101, Jstor.  
  58. The Motion of a Projectile in a Medium Resisting as the Cube of the Velocity  
    F. P. Matz  
    American Mathematical Monthly, Vol. 9, No. 4. (Apr., 1902), pp. 91-95, Jstor.  
  59. On the Lateral Deviation of Spherical Projectiles  
    Henry T. Eddy  
    American Journal of Mathematics, Vol. 2, No. 1. (Mar., 1879), pp. 85-88, Jstor.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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