Basic Mechanics 1. Understanding Velocity and Acceleration

by Peter Martin Jones

SYNOPSISUnderstanding Velocity and AccelerationThis is the first in a series of modules in Mechanics which is designed to help students of Mathematics, Science and Engineering to understand this notoriously difficult to understand and confusing topic.It contains 13 fully worked, in depth solutions to the types of problems that students find confusing. Many of the solutions contain alternative methods to illustrate how you can solve the same problems with different approaches.These problems are designed to cover a sufficiently wide range of problems so that you should be able to tackle most, if not all, problems of this type that you encounter in the future.To aid understanding, there are many drawings and diagrams to help break the problems down by abstracting the relevant information from the question which helps illustrate how the problem can be solved.ContentsDefinitionsUnderstanding speed/velocity graphsExplanation of the equations of motionUse of the equations of motionParticles moving in a straight line with constant accelerationVertical motion under gravityParticles projected upwards and downwards at different timesSolving problems with Velocity-time graphsSolving problems with the Equations of MotionNumber of pages - 25

25 pages, Kindle Edition

First published March 25, 2012