This tag is for questions regarding to "projectile motion", the motion of an object thrown or projected into the air, subject to only the acceleration of gravity.
When a particle is thrown obliquely near the earth’s surface, it moves along a curved path under constant acceleration that is directed towards the center of the earth (we assume that the particle remains close to the surface of the earth).The object is called a projectile, its path is called its trajectory and the motion is called projectile motion.
Example: The motion of falling objects, as covered in Problem-Solving Basics for One-Dimensional Kinematics, is a simple one-dimensional type of projectile motion in which there is no horizontal movement.
- In a projectile motion, the only acceleration acting is in the vertical direction which is acceleration due to gravity $(g)$.
- Air resistance to the motion of the body is to be assumed absent in projectile motion.
- Projectile motion only occurs when there is one force applied at the beginning on the trajectory, after which the only interference is from gravity.
- Equations of motion can be applied separately in $X$-axis and $Y$-axis to find the unknown parameters.
For more details follow the references.
References:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Projectile_motion
https://byjus.com/physics/projectile-motion/
https://courses.lumenlearning.com/physics/chapter/3-4-projectile-motion/
