One-Dimensional V2 Rocket

A prior exercise set was developed as part of the PICUP curriculum by David Marasco which required students to generate a computational model for single-stage rocket motion in one dimension. The exercise set has students calculate position and velocity data for both constant and Newtonian gravity as well as implement models with altitude independent drag and a model that considers air density as a function of altitude. My work consisted of creating an implementation of this exercise set utilizing glowscipt (VPython). Below are some charts created utilizing this glowscipt implementation when creating a single-stage rocket motion model and considering air density as a function of altitude.

Advisor: Dr Marie Lopez del Puerto

• W. Eagan and M. Lopez del Puerto, “GlowScript implementation of completed code: for David Marasco, “Computing the 1-D Motion of a V2 Rocket” Published in the PICUP Collection, February 2019. Implementation published February 2021

Link to PICUP: https://www.compadre.org/PICUP/exercises/exercise.cfm?I=401&A=v2rocket