Movement with sine acceleration

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The discussion revolves around deriving a velocity equation based on a sine acceleration model, specifically with the acceleration defined as a = A * sin(∏*t/T). The user successfully integrated this to find velocity as v = (A*T/∏)*(1-cos(pi*t/T)), but seeks to express velocity in terms of the traveled distance (s) instead of time (t). They have integrated to find s = A*T*(∏*t - T*sin(∏*t/T))/∏^2, but face challenges isolating t to substitute back into the velocity equation. The user is looking for a straightforward method to achieve this transformation, expressing frustration over the complexity of solving the resulting equation a*x + sin(b*x) = c. The discussion highlights the need for assistance in simplifying the relationship between velocity and distance for this sine acceleration scenario.
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Hello,
first of all, excuse my English. I have no experience witch describing mathematics problems in English.
I have a movement with sine acceleration. I need to get equation of velocity depending on track (I am not sure if that's the right expression in English - on the traveled distance).
Here's my equation for acceleration: a = A * sin(∏*t/T)
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where a is acceleration, A is the maximal acceleration, t is actual time and T is the whole time of accelerating. I want to get a velocity, so I integrated this expression and added parameter c to satisfy the condition: when t = 0, v = 0. I got this equation: v = (A*T/∏)*(1-cos(pi*t/T))
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If I wanted dependency veleocity on time, this would be enought, but I wanted depency velocity on track, so I have integrated... s = A*T*(∏*t - T*sin(∏*t/T))/∏^2
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I wanted to express t from this equation and put it into expression for velocity. For that I need to solve an equation in form a*x +sin(b*x) = c, which I can't solve. And as I have read it isn't something easy...
How can I get dependency of velocity on track for this movenent? I think there has to be a simple solution, but I don't see it. Can you help me, please?
 
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can you just simply isolate AT from the equation for s and replace AT with it in the equation for v?
 
I think isolating AT won't help me - T is the whole time of accelerating - it's a constant. A is also a constnt. I need get rid of t - which is a variable and create dependency with s.
 
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