Projectile Motion from a Moving Platform to a Stationary Point on the Same Level Ground

SN Maitra

doi:https://doi.org/10.59232/MS-V3I1P101

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Volume 3 | Issue 1 | Year 2025 | Article Id: MS-V3I1P101 DOI: https://doi.org/10.59232/MS-V3I1P101

Projectile Motion from a Moving Platform to a Stationary Point on the Same Level Ground

SN Maitra

Received	Revised	Accepted	Published
14 Nov 2024	20 Dec 2024	25 Jan 2025	12 Feb 2025

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SN Maitra. “Projectile Motion from a Moving Platform to a Stationary Point on the Same Level Ground.” DS Journal of Modeling and Simulation, vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 1-10, 2025.

Abstract

A bullet is fired from a platform moving forward to study its projectile motion, and thereafter, it moves backwards with the same uniform velocity and strikes a stationary object on level ground. In either case, the maximum horizontal range is determined. The case is also studied when the projection velocity equals the velocity of movement of the platform. Two problems on projectile motion, respectively, with a prescribed time of flight and with a prescribed horizontal range involving grazing the top of a tower, are innovated and solved. For the third problem, two projectiles are launched at a certain interval of time, triggering a collision between them. The interval of time observed and the location of the interception are determined. As regards the fourth problem, a shot is fired from a stationary gun position on the bank of a river and hits a gunboat sailing with a uniform velocity parallel to the opposite bank, while the task is to find the minimum velocity of firing the shot.

Keywords

Velocity, Projectile motion, Fired bullet, Horizontal range, Trajectory.

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