Animation Programs in Tcl/Tk for Fundamentals of Physics

You can use freely our programs at your own risk. Please refer to README and HOWTO(pdf, ps) for details. Your comments will be appreciated.

News

Latest Version 1.2 (2004.07.30)

Last Update

• 2004-07-30 --- version 1.2
galaxy-2d.tcl --- galaxy-galaxy interaction (2 dimensions)
• 2003-12-31 --- version 1.1
  1. use "$canvas coords" to get the efficient speed
     --- by comments of <donal.k.fellows@man.ac.uk>
  2. put curly braces around expressions to speed up
     --- by comments of <donal.k.fellows@man.ac.uk>
  3. change coding style to read programs easily
     --- by comments of <bitwalk@jcom.home.ne.jp>
  4. use "after cancel" to cancel a previous after-process
     -- by suggestions of above two persons
  5. add "force-button" to slope.tcl
  6. add "menubutton" to lissajous.tcl and r_lissajous.tcl

  We would like to express our thanks to <donal.k.fellows@man.ac.uk> and <bitwalk@jcom.home.ne.jp> for sending us the sample program with their valuable comments kindly.

• 2003-11-07 --- post to fj.comp.lang.tcl(japanese version)
• 2003-10-31 --- post to comp.lang.tcl
• 2003-08-31 --- version 1.0

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all source of animation programs Version1.2

Animation

(1-1) reaction

slope.tcl a material particle sliding down on the slope

(1-2) parabolic motion

	para_noair.tcl parabolic motion (no air)
	para_inair.tcl parabolic motion (in air)
	para_noinair.tcl parabolic motion (no air and in air)

(1-3) oscillation

	simp_osc.tcl simple oscillation
	damped_osc.tcl damped oscillation (simple oscillation in air)
	lissajous.tcl Lissajous's figure
	r_lissajous.tcl rotating Lissajous's figure

(1-4) wave

	pulse.tcl pulse
	beat.tcl beat
	wave.tcl wave propagation
	doppler.tcl Doppler's effect

(1-5) astronomy

galaxy-2d.tcl Galaxy-galaxy interaction README-gal.pdf