{"id":184,"date":"2020-04-19T15:58:22","date_gmt":"2020-04-19T19:58:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/humanbiomechanics\/part\/chapter-3-linear-kinematics-in-one-dimension\/"},"modified":"2020-07-02T15:11:26","modified_gmt":"2020-07-02T19:11:26","slug":"chapter-3-linear-kinematics-in-one-dimension","status":"publish","type":"part","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/humanbiomechanics\/part\/chapter-3-linear-kinematics-in-one-dimension\/","title":{"raw":"Chapter 3: Linear Kinematics in One-dimension","rendered":"Chapter 3: Linear Kinematics in One-dimension"},"content":{"raw":"<div class=\"bcc-box bcc-highlight\">\r\n<h3>Chapter Objectives<\/h3>\r\nAfter this chapter, you will be able to:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Define the term 'kinematics'<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Be able to describe movement in one dimension with time, displacement, velocity and acceleration<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Differentiate between vector and scalar variables<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Identify coordinates within a coordinate system<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Graphically analyze movement in one-dimension<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Predict the trajectory of projectiles<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/div>\r\nIn this Chapter we will begin our discussion of kinematics. Remember that kinematics is concerned with the description of motion. The outcome of many sporting events are kinematic measures therefore an understanding of those measures and the way to appropriately report them is mandatory in a biomechanics course. For example, a 100-m winner is determined by the <strong>time<\/strong> is takes to complete the distance. A high jumper wins by jumping a longer <strong>displacement<\/strong> than his\/her opponent. Time and displacement are both kinematic measures. We will also discuss <strong>speed<\/strong>, <strong>velocity<\/strong> and <strong>acceleration<\/strong> as variables used to describe movement. At the end of this chapter you will be able to manipulate these variables to predict the movement of a projectile.","rendered":"<div class=\"bcc-box bcc-highlight\">\n<h3>Chapter Objectives<\/h3>\n<p>After this chapter, you will be able to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Define the term &#8216;kinematics&#8217;<\/li>\n<li>Be able to describe movement in one dimension with time, displacement, velocity and acceleration<\/li>\n<li>Differentiate between vector and scalar variables<\/li>\n<li>Identify coordinates within a coordinate system<\/li>\n<li>Graphically analyze movement in one-dimension<\/li>\n<li>Predict the trajectory of projectiles<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>In this Chapter we will begin our discussion of kinematics. Remember that kinematics is concerned with the description of motion. The outcome of many sporting events are kinematic measures therefore an understanding of those measures and the way to appropriately report them is mandatory in a biomechanics course. For example, a 100-m winner is determined by the <strong>time<\/strong> is takes to complete the distance. A high jumper wins by jumping a longer <strong>displacement<\/strong> than his\/her opponent. Time and displacement are both kinematic measures. We will also discuss <strong>speed<\/strong>, <strong>velocity<\/strong> and <strong>acceleration<\/strong> as variables used to describe movement. At the end of this chapter you will be able to manipulate these variables to predict the movement of a projectile.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"parent":0,"menu_order":3,"template":"","meta":{"pb_part_invisible":false,"pb_part_invisible_string":""},"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-184","part","type-part","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/humanbiomechanics\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/184","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/humanbiomechanics\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/humanbiomechanics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/part"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/humanbiomechanics\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/184\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":909,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/humanbiomechanics\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/184\/revisions\/909"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/humanbiomechanics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=184"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/humanbiomechanics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=184"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/humanbiomechanics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}