Gravity (with air, simulation)

Press the drop button to simulate the drop of a ball from a height of 10 km with air resistance. The values are updated every 0.1 seconds.

The acceleration acting on the ball are gravity, pointing down, and air resistance, pointing up. Gravity is constant while air resistance is proportional to the current speed. Thus:

We may assume that m = 1 and we can experiment with the proportionality constant.

Simulation