Chapter 4 Part 1
Chapter 4 Part 1
Chapter 4 Part 1
Position vector:
Position and Displacement
Displacement :
EXAMPLE 1: Displacement
In Fig., the position vector for a
particle is initially at
What is the particle's displacement from r1 to r2 ?
Problem 2
A rabbit runs across a parking lot on
which a set of coordinate axes has,
strangely enough, been drawn. The
coordinates of the rabbit’s position as
functions of time t (second) are given
by
r dr
v lim
t 0 t dt
Instantaneous Velocity, cont
• The direction of the instantaneous velocity
vector at any point in a particle’s path is
along a line tangent to the path at that
point and in the direction of motion
• The magnitude of the instantaneous
velocity vector is the speed
– The speed is a scalar quantity
Instantaneous Velocity
v f v i v
a
t f ti t
Average Acceleration, cont
• As a particle moves,
Δv can be found in
different ways
• The average
acceleration is a
vector quantity
directed along Δv
Average Acceleration
Average acceleration is
v vx v y vz
a i j k ax i a y j az k
t t t t
Instantaneous Acceleration
• The instantaneous acceleration is the limit
of the average acceleration as Δv/Δt
approaches zero
v dv
a lim
t 0 t dt
Instantaneous Acceleration
Instantaneous acceleration is
Speed up or slow down