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Timing diagram over one revolution for angle, angular velocity, angular acceleration, and angular jerk. Consider a rigid body rotating about a fixed axis in an inertial reference frame. If its angular position as a function of time is θ(t), the angular velocity, acceleration, and jerk can be expressed as follows:
Snap, [6] or jounce, [2] is the fourth derivative of the position vector with respect to time, or the rate of change of the jerk with respect to time. [4] Equivalently, it is the second derivative of acceleration or the third derivative of velocity, and is defined by any of the following equivalent expressions: = ȷ = = =.
The rate of change of acceleration, the third derivative of displacement is known as jerk. [11] The SI unit of jerk is m ⋅ s − 3 {\displaystyle \mathrm {m\cdot s^{-3}} } . In the UK jerk is also referred to as jolt.
Jerk is the rate of change of acceleration. In SI units, jerk is expressed as m/s 3 ; it can also be expressed in standard gravity per second ( ɡ 0 /s; 1 ɡ 0 /s ≈ 9.81 m/s 3 ). [ citation needed ]
In physics, particularly kinematics, jerk is defined as the third derivative of the position function of an object. It is, essentially, the rate at which acceleration changes. In mathematical terms:
For example, for a changing position, its time derivative ˙ is its velocity, and its second derivative with respect to time, ¨, is its acceleration. Even higher derivatives are sometimes also used: the third derivative of position with respect to time is known as the jerk .
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Its slope is the acceleration at that point. In mechanics, the derivative of the position vs. time graph of an object is equal to the velocity of the object. In the International System of Units, the position of the moving object is measured in meters relative to the origin, while the time is measured in seconds.