Acceleration Articles

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Velocity Time Function

Revisiting the Velocity-Time Function

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Kinematics: The Velocity-Time FunctionAuthor's Preface: A Collaborative Approach to Lesson Development The intention behind what I hope will be…
vehicle power

Why Power Determines Vehicle Acceleration Limits

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Introduction One interesting problem when dealing with a vehicle of a certain mass is to determine what is required to get the maximum acceleration while…
cornuspiral

Learn Frenet Equations in 2-D Which Result in the Cornu Spiral

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This Insights article is intended as an introduction to the Frenet-Serret equations by showing an interesting application that results from a case in two-dimensional…
gravityacceleration

Why Is Acceleration Due to Gravity a Constant?

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This question has popped up many times. So here is an attempt to address it.To answer this question at the elementary level, several assumptions will…
spaceship

Bell Spaceship Paradox: Why the String Breaks in SR

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Bell spaceship paradox — setup Bell describes two spaceships that start out at rest relative to each other with an elastic string between them, one…
kinematic errors

Frequently Made Errors: Kinematics Mistakes Explained

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Kinematics is the subset of dynamics that only concerns itself with time, displacement, velocity, and acceleration. A problem is a kinematics problem…