Motion - zero velocity but still having acceleration

[Kartik.]

Motion -- zero velocity but still having acceleration

What would be a example of a body having zero velocity but still having acceleration, except the example of a body projected vertically upwards and at the highest point it has no velocity but an acceleration equals 'g'?

 

[Drakkith]

Reversing the direction something is moving in?

 

[A.T.]

What would be a example of a body having zero velocity but still having acceleration,

There is always a frame of reference where a body has zero velocity.

 

[sophiecentaur]

What would be a example of a body having zero velocity but still having acceleration, except the example of a body projected vertically upwards and at the highest point it has no velocity but an acceleration equals 'g'?

An obvious one comes to mind: consider a pendulum at each end of its motion.

 

[HallsofIvy]

Or throw a ball upward. At its highest point the ball's velocity is 0 but its acceleration is still -9.8 m/s^2.

 

[DrGreg]

...or someone bungee jumping when they reach the lowest point.