Analytical Ballistic Trajectories with Approximately Linear Drag

This paper introduces a practical analytical approximation of projectile trajectories in 2D and 3D roughly based on a linear drag model and explores a variety of different planning algorithms for these trajectories. Although the trajectories are only approximate, they still capture many of the chara...

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Veröffentlicht in:International Journal of Computer Games Technology 2014-01, Vol.2014 (2014), p.83-95
1. Verfasser: de Carpentier, Giliam J. P.
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:This paper introduces a practical analytical approximation of projectile trajectories in 2D and 3D roughly based on a linear drag model and explores a variety of different planning algorithms for these trajectories. Although the trajectories are only approximate, they still capture many of the characteristics of a real projectile in free fall under the influence of an invariant wind, gravitational pull, and terminal velocity, while the required math for these trajectories and planners is still simple enough to efficiently run on almost all modern hardware devices. Together, these properties make the proposed approach particularly useful for real-time applications where accuracy and performance need to be carefully balanced, such as in computer games.
ISSN:1687-7047
1687-7055
DOI:10.1155/2014/463489