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  2. Jerk (physics) - Wikipedia

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    It is reported [9] that most passengers rate a vertical jerk of 2 m/s 3 as acceptable and 6 m/s 3 as intolerable. For hospitals, 0.7 m/s 3 is the recommended limit. A primary design goal for motion control is to minimize the transition time without exceeding speed, acceleration, or jerk limits.

  3. Foot per second - Wikipedia

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    The foot per second (plural feet per second) is a unit of both speed (scalar) and velocity (vector quantity, which includes direction). [1] It expresses the distance in feet (ft) traveled or displaced, divided by the time in seconds (s). [2] The corresponding unit in the International System of Units (SI) is the meter per second.

  4. Template:Convert/list of units/speed - Wikipedia

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    Speed; system unit code (alternative) symbol or abbrev. notes sample default conversion combinations SI: metre per second: m/s m/s US spelling: meter per second 1.0 m/s (3.3 ft/s)

  5. Foot per second squared - Wikipedia

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    The foot per second squared (plural feet per second squared) is a unit of acceleration. [1] It expresses change in velocity expressed in units of feet per second (ft/s) divided by time in seconds (s) (or the distance in feet (ft) traveled or displaced, divided by the time in seconds (s) squared).

  6. Acceleration - Wikipedia

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    Acceleration has the dimensions of velocity (L/T) divided by time, i.e. L T −2. The SI unit of acceleration is the metre per second squared (m s −2); or "metre per second per second", as the velocity in metres per second changes by the acceleration value, every second.

  7. Terminal velocity - Wikipedia

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    Competition speed skydivers fly in a head-down position and can reach speeds of 150 m/s (490 ft/s). [ citation needed ] The current record is held by Felix Baumgartner who jumped from an altitude of 38,887 m (127,582 ft) and reached 380 m/s (1,200 ft/s), though he achieved this speed at high altitude where the density of the air is much lower ...

  8. Braking distance - Wikipedia

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    For higher speeds up to about 100 km/h outside built-up areas, a similarly defined 2-second rule applies, which for 100 km/h translates to about 50 m. For speeds on the order of 100 km/h there is also the more or less equivalent rule that the stopping distance be the speed divided by 2 k/h, referred to as halber tacho ( half the speedometer ...

  9. Tractive effort - Wikipedia

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    The term tractive effort is often qualified as starting tractive effort, continuous tractive effort and maximum tractive effort.These terms apply to different operating conditions, but are related by common mechanical factors: input torque to the driving wheels, the wheel diameter, coefficient of friction (μ) between the driving wheels and supporting surface, and the weight applied to the ...