Questions tagged [jerk]
Jerk is the third derivative of displacement with respect to time. It is also the derivative of acceleration with respect to time.
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Is the Hamiltonian of a relativistic charged particle in an electromagnetic field only an approximation?
Consider a system of two relativistic charged point particles 1 and 2 which interact through their electric and magnetic fields. The equation of motion for the first particle is then given by the ...
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How to Find Jerk from Discrete Velocity Data?
I have measured the velocity of an object at discrete intervals. I want to find the corresponding acceleration and jerk of the object. How do I do this with discrete values rather than continuous ...
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Pushing down on the gas pedal of a car a good example of jerk?
I'm trying to think of the clearest examples to demonstrate the concept of jerk to a layman.
Ignoring drag and making other reasonable assumptions (friction is conveniently there to only allow you to ...
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Upper limits for jerk and higher derivatives in physics
Is there an upper limit for jerk in physics? What about higher derivatives?
A consequence of special relativity is that no material body can reach or exceed the speed of light in vacuum (due to ...
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Is The Third Time Derivative of Position Relative, and if it is, Can it be represented in 6 Dimensions?
Einstein’s Theory of Special Relativity only applied to objects at constant velocities. This could be represented in a four dimensional Minkowski Space. From what I understand, Einstein compared ...
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Is impulsive tension called jerk? [closed]
Jerk is derivative of acceleration, is impulsive tension also the same.
Or there is nothing like impulsive tension
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Name for the set Displacement, Velocity, Acceleration, etc
Is there a name for the set Displacement, Velocity, Acceleration, Jerk, etc?
The only name I can think of is 'Derivatives of displacement (wrt time)' which is rather long.
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Why don't we define time derivative of acceleration? [duplicate]
When we started the study of kinematics we defined position and its change with respect to time. After that we defined time derivative of velocity which gave us acceleration.
These 3 concepts really ...
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Applying energy and momentum conservation to the problem of pulling a bent carpet at a constant speed
Consider this system.
A long, thin, pliable carpet is laid on a floor. One end of the carpet is bent back and then pulled backwards with constant speed $v$, just above the part of the carpet ...
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What is $mass \cdot jerk$, or yank?
So if Momentum is $m \cdot v$, Force is $m \cdot a$, and Jerk is $\frac{\Delta a}{\Delta t}$ what is $m \cdot j$? I've read that the name for this is yank, but I'm curious as to what it is ...
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Does the Jerk (derivative of acceleration) play a significant role in relativity?
In particular, I'm thinking of spaghettification that occurs as an object falls into a black hole (as an extreme example). But what about tidal forces like the tidal heating taking place on Jovian ...
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Is it possible to have a rate of change of acceleration?
I know this may seem a weird question, but it always bothers me. My physics book (Resnick,Halliday,Walker), and also various sites never say anything beyond acceleration.
But when a moving body is ...
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Instantaneous changes in acceleration
These are very simple looking graphs. What I don’t understand is (I’m talking of the highlighted text in blue at the bottom), it says such instantaneous changes in acceleration can not occur in ...
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If the jerk is 2, then acceleration is 2t, velocity is $t^2$ and distance is $t^{3}/3$? [closed]
Are my graphs and equations right? I just began learning about these..
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Are there experimental observations of the Abraham-Lorentz force?
The Abraham-Lorentz force is the force a classical charged particle particle exerts on itself due to its own electromagnetic field. It has a rather simple formula that reads
$$
\vec{F}_\mathrm{AL} = \...
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Calculating jerk vs Fitts law for smoothness
I've tracked the movement of an input method resulting in this dataset. All data is tracked with equal intervals of $100 \, \mathrm{ms}$. For example an iteration value of 4 means that this is the ...
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Imminent car crash, should I brake? [duplicate]
So I am sitting at traffic lights, stationary, in my car.
A drunk driver has crossed over and is about to hit me head on at 40 mph.
I only have enough time to do one thing, hit the brakes or leave ...
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Relativity of Jerk
Popular expositions of general relativity start with a thought experiment showing that it is impossible to distinguish a constantly accelerating frame of reference in a free fall from a free floating ...
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Real world intuitive explanation of Jerk
If $a(t)$ denotes the acceleration of an object, then $a^\prime(t)$ represents the jerk.
I'm looking for an intuitive explanation of this phenomena. I'm hoping the following anecdote provides the ...
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How to calculate the jerk from acceleration data?
I have speed data from the GPS transmitter of a Truck which reports the speed of the vehicle at a fixed time interval. I can calculate the acceleration/deceleration of the truck by doing a $\frac{v_2-...
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Given Max Speed, Max Acceleration and Jerk - How do I calculate time?
I'm developing some python code that controls an end effector moving in a two-dimensional plane (XY). It moves through a list of points sequentially and I'd like to estimate the time it will take as ...
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High order (>3) derivatives measurements
Is it possible to directly measure derivatives of higher order than 3? It can be jerk for instance. By "directly" I assume that we can measure a signal proportional to the jerk value without ...
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Can the jerk diverge?
In other words can the acceleration change instantly? In direction and/or magnitude.
There are two aspects to this question.
In a problem, can you treat acceleration as changing instantly? (when in ...
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How to find acceleration in this rectilinear movement? [closed]
$$x = A + Bt + Ct^2 + Dt^3 $$
where $$C = 0.14~\rm m/s^{2} $$
and $$D = 0.01~\rm m/s^{3} $$
After how much time after the start of movement does the acceleration become 1 m/s^2 and what is the ...
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Calculate kinematics of body movement from the set of spatial coordinates
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I have a set of 3D (x,y,z) spatial coordinates of arm movement obtained using motion capture system. The example set of such coordinates looks like this (rounded up):
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What would be different if forces gave rise to velocity or jerk?
The way I understand it, force gives rise to acceleration. The integral of acceleration is velocity, and the integral of velocity is position. What if forces gave rise to velocity directly? Or what ...
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What would happen if $F=m\dot{a}$?
What would happen if instead of $F=m*d^2x/dt^2$, we had $F=m*d^3x/dt^3$ or higher?
Intuitively, I have always seen a justification for $\sim 1/r^2$ forces as the "forces being divided equally over ...
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Physical intuition for higher order derivatives
Could somebody give me an intuitive physical interpretation of higher order derivatives (from 2 and so on), that is not related to position - velocity - acceleration - jerk - etc?
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Jerk and Snap in Circular Motion
I can understand the physical existence of centripetal acceleration, the orthogonality of that with the linear (tangential) velocity - but how to physically understand jerk and snap in case of uniform ...
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Can there be true instantaneous/stepped acceleration? [duplicate]
The time derivative of acceleration (m/s²) is jerk (m/s³).
I know that when you push on an object, there cannot be true instantaneous acceleration, which leads to infinite jerk, because the object ...
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Kinematic equation as infinite sum
I'm not sure exactly how to phrase this question, but here it goes:
$v=\dfrac{dx}{dt}$ therefore $x=x_0+vt$
UNLESS there's an acceleration, in which case
$a=\dfrac{dv}{dt}$ therefore $x=x_0+v_0t+\...
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Understanding a rotational system with centripetal snap, angular jerk, and a third-dimensional tension vector
In a recent experiment in my physics class, we were given the task of finding the experimental rotational moment of inertia in a T-stand with two masses attached to the ends of a certain length. I ...
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Can gravity induce any jerk?
The equivalence principle states that constant acceleration inside a closed elevator is indistinguishable from gravitational force. But prior to its reaching constant acceleration, any elevator has ...
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Why don't we consider jerk in physics classes? [duplicate]
When I got more into physics, I started asking myself if just like acceleration represents the growth of speed, something else could also represent the growth of acceleration itself. And it came that ...
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Is the four-jerk time-like or space-like?
In the paper Dynamics of a Charged Particle the author claims after equation (10):
However, this equation is mathematically inconsistent because both $\dot v^\mu$ and $\dot F^\mu$ are spacelike ...
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Experimental limit on Newtonian mechanics not to depend on third derivative [duplicate]
We know that newtonian mechanics is described by a set of second order differential equations. This leads also to the principle of determinism that every trajectory is determined by initial conditions ...
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How do I calculate the distance a ship will take to stop?
I am a River Pilot and drive ships for a living. These ships are very large and range up to 160,000 Metric Tons. I am trying to figure out how to calculate the distance to stopping. I have a basic ...
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Why do the derivative of the acceleration (and subsequent derivatives) not play a significant role in physics? [duplicate]
During high-school and college I modeled all dynamic mechanical systems with displacement, velocity and acceleration. This was more than enough to address the systems and determine their behavior in ...
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A question about snap, crackle and pop [duplicate]
I understand that the terms snap, crackle and pop aren't exactly official terms but I needed a compact title about various derivatives of position with time.
A body at rest has all it's time ...
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What do we call the changes of acceleration? [closed]
Our teacher told it but I don't remember the name of acceleration changes?
I mean the differental of displacement-acceleration equation what does it give to us?
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How are the higher derivatives (jerk, jounce) of position with respect to time used in physics? [duplicate]
I don't see them much in any physics lesson or course, but that's probably because I'm not into physics as much. I can understand why velocity and acceleration are useful, but why would someone want ...
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Can there be rate of change of force or rate of rate of change of force? [duplicate]
Is there a rate of change force?
I know that net force is rate of change of momentum or mass *acceleration.
But is there rate of change of force or (mass * jerk) ? or Rate of rate of change ...
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Do we actully feel a change in acceleration?
Let's say you were in a sports car with your foot to the floor racing at maximum acceleration then all of a sudden you completely stop accelerating and maintain the speed you are going.
Would you ...
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Bidirectional jerk motion on a stopping vehicle
A stopping vehicle (say a car) has an apparent retardation (which may/may not be constant in magnitude) when force via brakes is applied.
I travel by subway trains, and I noticed an odd phenomenon. ...
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Why does one experience a short pull in the wrong direction when a vehicle stops?
When you're in a train and it slows down, you experience the push forward from the deceleration which is no surprise since the force one experiences results from good old $F=m a$. However, the moment ...
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What really is force? [duplicate]
I know the second law of Newton says $F=ma$ which seems to me the most fundamental expression of the force. In other words, force cannot exist without a "forced" one. It is somehow a "secondary" being,...
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How is the Dirac delta function used in classical mechanics? [closed]
If the contact force applied to a physical object (ex. empty bucket) is given by the Heaviside function:
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F(t) = F_0~H(t)=\begin{cases}
0, t<0 \\
F_0, t \geq 0\\
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From a displacement-time table/graph, can one tell whether acceleration or jerk is constant?
Does constant acceleration equal a parabolic graph similar to $y=x^2$, while jerk follows the path of $y=x^3$? I was just thinking about this possibility. We are always told in physics class that ...
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Is there any case in physics where the equations of motion depend on high time derivatives of the position?
For example if the force on a particle is of the form $ \mathbf F = \mathbf F(\mathbf r, \dot{\mathbf r}, \ddot{\mathbf r}, \dddot{\mathbf r}) $, then the equation of motion would be a third order ...
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Position, velocity, acceleration, jolt, and [duplicate]
I am familiar with the fact that $\displaystyle{\frac{dx}{dt}}=v$, $\displaystyle{\frac{dv}{dt} =a}$, and $\displaystyle{\frac{da}{dt}=J}$ where $J$ denotes the 'jolt', or jerk. Are further ...
