02 - Kinematika PDF
02 - Kinematika PDF
02 - Kinematika PDF
Kinematics
28 August 2012
Kinematics:
Straight Line Motion
(GLB & GLBB)
Kinematics is the part of mechanics that describes the motion of
physical objects.
the moving objects are “particles”
(objects for which all the points move in the same way)
The causes of the motion will not be investigated.
Objects move along a straight line.
Position and Displacement
x x2 x1 [m]
x x x savg
total distance
vavg 2 1 [m/s]
t2 t1 t t
Velocity vs. Speed: Instantaneous
x dx
v lim
t dt
t 0
Average Acceleration
v2 v1 v
aavg Units: m/s2
t2 t1 t
Instantaneous Acceleration
v dv dv d dx d 2 x
a lim , a 2
t dt dt dt dt dt
t 0
v v0 at (eqs.1)
at 2
x(t ) xo vot (eqs.2)
2
(2-8)
at 2
v v0 at (eqs.1) ; x xo vot (eqs.2)
2
If we eliminate the time t between equation 1 and equation 2 we get:
v 2 vo2 2a x xo (eqs.3)
Below we plot the position x(t), the velocity v(t) and the acceleration a versus time t
at 2
x xo vot
2
The x(t) versus t plot is a parabola that
intercepts the vertical axis at x = xo
v v0 at
The v(t) versus t plot is a straight line with
Slope = a and Intercept = vo
1 t 1 t 1 t 1 t
dv
a dv adt dv adt v1 vo adt v1 vo adt
dt to to to to
t1
1 t 1 t
dx
v dx vdt dx vdt
dt to to
t1 t1
x1 xo vdt x1 xo vdt
to to
t1