physics VELOCITY, ACCELERATION, FORCE velocity（物理速度、加速度、力的速度）.pdf

physics VELOCITY, ACCELERATION, FORCE velocity m Velocity v is a vector, with units of meters per second ( s ). Velocity indicates the rate of change of the object’s position ( r ); i.e., velocity tells you how fast the object’s position is changing. The magnitude of the velocity ( ) indicates the object’s speed. || v || The direction of the velocity (dir v ) indicates the object’s direction of motion. The velocity at any point is always tangent to the object’s path at that point. Thus, the velocity tells you how the object is moving. In particular, the velocity tells you which way and how fast the object is moving. acceleration m Acceleration a is a vector, with units of meters per second squared ( 2 ). s Acceleration indicates the rate of change of the object’s velocity ( v ); i.e., the acceleration tells you how fast the object’s velocity is changing. The component of the acceleration that is parallel to the velocity ( ) indicates the rate a