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Rectilinear Motion With Variable Acceleration

The document discusses rectilinear motion with variable acceleration. It describes five cases where the principal variables of displacement (s), velocity (v), and acceleration (a) can be expressed in terms of time (t) or each other. These include s, v, or a expressed as a function of t, or one variable expressed as a function of another like a as a function of v. It then provides two example problems and their solutions to illustrate finding s, v, and a when given information about one of the variables as a function of t.

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Rectilinear Motion With Variable Acceleration

The document discusses rectilinear motion with variable acceleration. It describes five cases where the principal variables of displacement (s), velocity (v), and acceleration (a) can be expressed in terms of time (t) or each other. These include s, v, or a expressed as a function of t, or one variable expressed as a function of another like a as a function of v. It then provides two example problems and their solutions to illustrate finding s, v, and a when given information about one of the variables as a function of t.

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Lesson / Topic 2:

Rectilinear Motion with variable acceleration

Each of the principal variables may be expressed in terms of the time or they may be
expressed in terms of each other or even a combination of the other.
Case I. The displacement is given in terms of the time i.e. s=f (t ) to find v and a.

Case II. The acceleration is expressed in terms of the time i.e. a=f (t) to find v and s.

Case III. The velocity is given in terms of the time i.e. v=f (t) to find a and s.

Case IV. One of the principal variables is expressed in terms of an adjacent variable,
i.e. a=f (v ) or v=f ( s ) .

Case V. The given variables are not adjacent; i.e. a=f ( s ) .


Illustrative Problems:
Problem 1
A particle moves in a straight line according to the law s=t 3−40t where s is in m and t in
seconds.
a. When t=5 sec, compute velocity.
b. Find the average velocity during the fourth sec.
c. When the particle again comes to rest, what is its acceleration?
Solution:
a. Velocity when t=5 sec .

b. Average velocity during the fourth second

c. Acceleration when v=0


Problem 2
The motion of a particle is defined by the relation a=4 t where a is m/sec 2 and t in
seconds. It is known that s=1m and v=2 m/sec when t=1 sec.
a. Determine the velocity when t=1 sec.
b. Determine the distance when t=1 sec.
c. Determine the relation between v and s.
Solution:
a. Velocity when t=1 sec .

b. Distance when t=1 sec


c. Relation between v and s
Lesson / Topic 3
Motion Curves

Relation between s−t, v−t, and a−t curves

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