Acceleration
Forces and Motion

Jerks and jounces

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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

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Acceleration
appears in the relation F=ma a=dv/dt a=-(w^2)x
has the special case Centripetal Acceleration Uniform Acceleration Non-Uniform Acceleration
is used in analyses relating to Terminal Velocity
can be represented by Motion Graphs
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