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How to model a Spring bouncing under gravity with a payload on the head

Hi, We at SpaceMETA ( a Google Lunar XPRIZE ) Team are dealing with a problem to model a spring jumping in a gravity field with a payload on top. So, could some one make some suggestions on how to do it in Mathematica ? Many Thanks. -- Sergio

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Hi Friends. Thank you all. My main challenge is the "Hello World" , but in a scenario of a spring , one meter from the floor , with a mass on the top , as conected systems , and having a animation of the fall ... The equations will be another issue , once we will have this parameters on the real time during the lunar landing. ( http://www.googlelunarxprize.org/teams/spacemeta ). I m still thinking if Mathematica is a good tool for it , but it smell really good. Thanks ...

Hi Friends. Thank you all. My main challenge is the "Hello World" , but in a scenario of a spring , one meter from the floor , with a mass on the top , as conected systems , and having a animation of the fall ... The equations will be another issue , once we will have this parameters on the real time during the lunar landing. ( http://www.googlelunarxprize.org/teams/spacemeta ). I m still thinking if Mathematica is a good tool for it , but it smell really good. Thanks ...

The first step of Sean's first step is to chose variables describing the system and then write down the equations of motion, using F = m a or Lagrange's equations, etc.

POSTED BY: Frank Kampas
POSTED BY: Sean Clarke
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