title: Simulation of javelin flight using experimental aerodynamic data.
abstract: This paper discusses computer simulation of the differential equations which describe javelin dynamics in flight. It is shown that the use of experimental aerodynamic forces and moments in the equations is preferable to theoretical approximations for these forces and moments which have been used in previous studies. An example which is characteristic of a good throw is presented and analyzed and many interesting features of the trajectory are pointed out.
mesh_terms: D003201:Computers; D008433:Mathematics; D009038:Motion; D012399:Rotation; D014142:Track and Field