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Lesson 1.5 Kinematics
Lesson 1.5 Kinematics
Mechanics 1
Kinematics
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• Motion graphs
It is only concerned with the motion itself, not the forces that
cause motion.
• distance,
• displacement,
• speed,
• velocity,
• acceleration.
800
For the first part of the journey,
600
400 velocity =
200
= 50 metres per minute
0
0 20 40 60 80 100 120
Time (mins)
For the second part of the
journey the velocity is zero.
For the last part, velocity =
1600
For the first part of the journey,
1200
800
speed =
400
10
under the graph is given by a
7.5
trapezium with height 12.5
and parallel sides of length
5
130 and 90.
2.5
0 Displacement =
0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140
Time (s) = 1375 m
The gradient of the graph gives acceleration.
The first part of the graph shows an acceleration of 0.42 ms–2,
the second part no acceleration, and the last part a
deceleration of 1.25 ms–2.
Acceleration (ms–2)
4
0 Time (s)
2 4 6 8 10 12 14
–2
–4
–6
Acceleration (ms–2)
4
0 Time (s)
2 4 6 8 10 12 14
–2
–4
–6
4
by the area under the graph, so
4 t 2
Time (s)
1
Acceleration (ms–2)
The acceleration-time
graph for the lift can 0 Time (s)
2 4 6 8 10 12 14
then be sketched as
–1
follows:
–2