I'm am modeling springs using the vector form of Hooke's law, with damping. this is only for drawing, cosmetic reasons :).. It would look great if all the springs kept their length with a slight bend if necessary, my springs don't compress much maybe in the 'worst' cases they lose 50% of their...
Thanks for your reply, your way of representing the parabola is much more intuitive.
I did not do the integration myself, my knowledge of calculus is limited to derivatives and basic integration, i know that definite integration gives the surface under the curve, and i know that arc length is...
I have a parabola centered at x=0, equation: y = a*x^2 + c, where a is always negative and c always positive.
I need to find a way to calculate a and c, if i know: the arc length above the x axis, and the base width, knowing the base width i also know the x-axis intersections x1,2 =...