An application of calculus: Optimum parabolic path problem
| dc.contributor.author | Atasever M. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Pakdemirli M. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Yurtsever H.A. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-04-10T11:16:12Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2025-04-10T11:16:12Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2009 | |
| dc.description.abstract | A practical and technological application of calculus problem is posed to motivate freshman students or juniory high school students. A variable coefficient of friction is used in modelling air friction. The case in which the coefficient of friction is a decreasing function of altitude is considered. The optimum parabolic path for a flying object for which the work done by variable coefficient air friction force is minimum is determined. If a flying object follows the determined path, energy requirement would be less compared with other parabolic or linear paths. © The Author 2009. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of The Institute of Mathematics and its Applications. All rights reserved. | |
| dc.identifier.DOI-ID | 10.1093/teamat/hrp015 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14701/51598 | |
| dc.publisher | Oxford University Press | |
| dc.title | An application of calculus: Optimum parabolic path problem | |
| dc.type | Article |