Displacement, Velocity and Acceleration
In classical mechanics, kinematics deals with the motion of a particle. It deals only with the position, velocity, acceleration, and displacement of a particle. It has no concern about the source of motion.
Linear Displacement
The term "displacement" refers to when something shifts away from its original "location," and "linear" refers to a straight line. As a result, “Linear Displacement” can be described as the movement of an object in a straight line along a single axis, for example, from side to side or up and down. Non-contact sensors such as LVDTs and other linear location sensors can calculate linear displacement. Non-contact sensors such as LVDTs and other linear location sensors can calculate linear displacement. Linear displacement is usually measured in millimeters or inches and may be positive or negative.
A car starts from rest, then accelerates at a constant rate over a distance of 96 m. It then immediately decelerates at a constant rate over a distance of 178 m. The entire trip lasts a total duration of 18.7 s. What were the magnitudes of the car s accelerations for the speedup and slowdown stages respectively?
We know that a car starts from the rest and then accelerates at a constant rate over a distance of d = 96 m.
It then immediately decelerates at a constant rate over a distance of 178 m
We know that the second equation of motion is given as
d is the distance travel
a is the acceleration
u is the initial velocity =0
t is the time to travel a distance d
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