NON-UNIFORMLY
ACCELERATED
MOTION
257
and,
C
h
dt=
I
-efo.
J* J*
a
or,
*
(7)
The
above
equations
may
also
be
used
in
the case of curvilinear
motion
if
the
tangential component
of
the
acceleration is
used,
since
a
t
=-r.
The
equations
may
also be used
if
only
a
component,
in
dt
a
given
direction,
of the motion
is
considered, provided
that
s, v,
and
a in
the above
equations
be
replaced
by
the
components
of
displace-
ment,
velocity,
and
acceleration, respectively,
in the
given
direc-
tion.
Thus,
dv
x
d
2
x
=
Vxdvx
,
etc.
The
relations between
the
displacement,
velocity,
acceleration,
and
the
time, may,
in
general,
be
determined
from
the above
equa-
tions
by
either
of two
methods;
namely, by solving
the
equations
by
the
methods
of
calculus,
or
by
a
graphical
method
through
the
use
of
distance-tune, velocity-time,
and acceleration-time
graphs.
The use of
distance-time
and
speed-time
graphs
in
finding
the
speed
and
acceleration,
respectively,
have
been
discussed
in
Arts.
113 and 119.
The more convenient
of
the two
methods
for
any given
problem depends
upon
the character of
the
problem.
Calculus
Method.
Equations
(1)
to
(7)
may
be
solved
by
the
methods
of
calculus
provided
that
certain
relations
between
the
variables
are
known.
Thus,
if s is
expressed
as a
function of
t,
the
velocity
v
may
be obtained
from
equation
(1).
Likewise,
if
t; is
expressed
as a function
of
s,
the time
required
for
a
given
displacement
may
be obtained from
equation (5),
and so
on.
ILLUSTRATIVE
PROBLEMS
309. A
point
moves
along
a
straight path
according
to the
law,
v=32
2
+4,
the
units of distance and
tune
being
the
foot and
second,
respectively.
If
s
=0
when
t
=
0,
what
is
the
value of s
when t
=
10
sec.?