Projectile motion
This example combines interaction and animation to show the freefall trajectory of a launched object. Some regular, HTML <button>
s are used to start and stop the animation.
import * as React from "react"
import { Mafs, useStopwatch, Point, useMovablePoint, Plot, Vector, Polygon } from "mafs"
function ProjectileMotion() {
const xSpan = 1.75
const ySpan = 1.75
const initialVelocity = useMovablePoint([0.5, 1.5])
const vectorScale = 4
const g = 9.8
const xVelocity = initialVelocity.x * vectorScale
const yVelocity = initialVelocity.y * vectorScale
const velocityAngle = Math.atan(yVelocity / xVelocity)
const velocityMag = Math.sqrt(
xVelocity ** 2 + yVelocity ** 2
)
const timeOfFlight =
Math.abs(2 * velocityMag * Math.sin(velocityAngle)) / g
function positionAtTime(t: number): [number, number] {
return [xVelocity * t, yVelocity * t - 0.5 * g * t ** 2]
}
const [restingX, restingY] = positionAtTime(timeOfFlight)
const {
time: t,
start,
stop,
} = useStopwatch({
endTime: timeOfFlight,
})
React.useEffect(() => {
stop()
// Reset the ball's whenever the resting position changes
}, [restingX, restingY, stop])
return (
<>
<Mafs
viewBox={{
x: [1 - xSpan, 1 + xSpan],
y: [1 - ySpan, 1 + ySpan],
}}
>
<Polygon
points={[
[-100, 0],
[100, 0],
[100, -100],
[-100, -100],
]}
color="green"
/>
<Vector
tip={[
xVelocity / vectorScale,
yVelocity / vectorScale,
]}
/>
{yVelocity > 0 && (
<>
<Plot.Parametric
xy={positionAtTime}
t={[0, timeOfFlight]}
opacity={0.4}
style="dashed"
/>
<Point
x={restingX}
y={restingY}
opacity={0.5}
/>
</>
)}
<Point
x={positionAtTime(t)[0]}
y={positionAtTime(t)[1]}
/>
<text
x={10}
y={30}
fontSize={20}
className="transform-to-center"
fill="white"
>
t = {t.toFixed(2)}/
{yVelocity > 0 ? timeOfFlight.toFixed(2) : "—"}{" "}
seconds
</text>
{initialVelocity.element}
</Mafs>
{/* These classnames are part of the Mafs docs website—they won't work for you. */}
<div className="p-4 bg-black border-t border-gray-900 space-x-4">
<button
className="bg-gray-200 text-black font-bold px-4 py-1 rounded-sm"
onClick={start}
disabled={yVelocity <= 0}
>
Start
</button>
<button
className="bg-gray-200 text-black font-bold px-4 py-1 rounded-sm"
onClick={stop}
>
Reset
</button>
</div>
</>
)
}