Acceleration
Forces and Motion
Jerks and jounces
Stories from Physics
for 11-14
14-16
In addition to the familiar first and second derivatives of displacement, velocity and acceleration, engineers occasionally use the jerk (the rate of change of acceleration) and the jounce (the rate of change of jerk).
References
N. Challis, & H. Gretton, Fundamental Engineering Mathematics: A Student-Friendly Workbook, Oxford, Woodhead Publishing, 2008, p. 100
