physics

Various physics-based simulations using python

• Masses and Springs simulates point masses connected by springs with a given equilibrium distance. The plotting is rendering using the PyQtGraph package, which utilizes PyOpenGL.

• Bouncing balls are similiar simulations using the MATPLOTLIB plotting library. There are both 2D and 3D simulations

• L-system simulates a fractal tree pattern generated by recursive substitution of a simple rule to generate a long "sentence" of commands. These commands take the form of "turtle graphics"-like commands, but with save and restore methods as well.

  • the first file uses the turtle python libray
  • the second uses matplotlib to imitate the turtle

• Lorenz is the classical Lorenz attractor demonstration. Here I use matplotlib's animation function.