1.3 - Rectilinear (straight line) motion
● stationary constant velocity
constant velocity (opposite direction)
constant acceleration
(red: displacement, blue: velocity, green: acceleration)
●
Type of graph Gradient (differentiation) Area (integration)
s-t velocity absement
v-t acceleration displacement
a-t jerk velocity
Equations of motion — SUVAT (displacement, initial velocity,
final velocity, acceleration, time)
1. v=u+at (no s)
1 2
2. s=vt− a t (no u)
2
1
● stationary constant velocity
constant velocity (opposite direction)
constant acceleration
(red: displacement, blue: velocity, green: acceleration)
●
Type of graph Gradient (differentiation) Area (integration)
s-t velocity absement
v-t acceleration displacement
a-t jerk velocity
Equations of motion — SUVAT (displacement, initial velocity,
final velocity, acceleration, time)
1. v=u+at (no s)
1 2
2. s=vt− a t (no u)
2
1
