Projectile Simulation with aerodynamic drag

Euler's method is used to simulate the flight of a drag force influenced projectile, launched at a specified height, velocity and angle.
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Updated 6 Jan 2020

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This is a popular project assignment for students who are studying Numerical Methods with Matlab.

The equations solved are a set of first-order nonlinear differential equations
by using Euler’s method. The Runge-Kutta method (or ode45) could also be used for improved computational accuracy.

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Lawrence Agbezuge (2026). Projectile Simulation with aerodynamic drag (https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/73852-projectile-simulation-with-aerodynamic-drag), MATLAB Central File Exchange. Retrieved .

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1.0.0