Summer 2010:    Programming   Physics  Simulations  In  Python

For the course PH360: Programming Physics Simulations in Python, taught by Professor Alan Wolf, I programmed a half-car suspension model for the final program.  The program allows users to send out user defined ramps that the car is then capable of interacting with.  The user can also define the location of the suspension springs/dampers and their properties.  Moreover, the user can define the degree of elasticity in the collisions by specifying the coefficient of restitution.  Note that the video below starts after about thirty seconds.

A higher resolution image of the GUI

A close up view of the car colliding with a ramp