Wind Projectile Motion-Help

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Juan Pedro Martinez
Juan Pedro Martinez on 16 Oct 2015
Edited: Walter Roberson on 17 Oct 2015
Hello. Basically I have to write a function to model the motion of a projectile affected by wind in the horizontal direction. This is the code for my function:
function [s]=cannonballWind(u,ang,D,Cdrag,densidad1,densidad2,Ws,dt,g,fig)
%densidad1=projectile density
%densidad2=density of the medium (air) Ws=wind speed
%Cdrag-Drag coeficient for a particular shape
X=[0,0];
a=[0,-g];
s=X(1);
t=0;
ws=[Ws,0];
u1=u*cos(ang);
u2=u*sin(ang);
U=[u1,u2];
volume=(pi*D^3)/6;
m=volume*densidad1;
Ap=(pi*(D^2))/4;%Ap-Proyected Surface
F=[0,-g*m];
Fdrag=[0,0];
while X(2)>=0
Ur=U-ws;
Fdrag=[(-1/2)*Cdrag*densidad2*Ap*abs((Ur(1))*abs(Ur(1))),0];
SF=F+Fdrag;
a=SF./m;
t=t+dt;
U=U+a*dt;
X=X+U*dt;
s=X(1);
end
I feel it makes perfect sense, but it obviously does not, since when I made a trial using the following:
for i=-10:0.5:10
[s]=cannonballWind(10,pi/2,1,0.2,7874,1,i,0.01,9.8,0)
plot (i,s)
hold on
end
It makes a plot that does not make sense. A parabola with negative concavity and vertex in (0,0). It should be a Sigmoid function centered in (0,0)
Thank you for your time

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