Kinematics & Kinetics Flashcards
What is kinetics?
The study of the action of forces
The study of the motion with respect to time and forces
What are the types of general motion?
Linear motion
Angular motion
What is linear motion?
Motion along a line that may be curved or straight with all parts of the body moving in the SAME DIRECTION at the SAME SPEED
What is angular motion?
Motion that involves rotation around a central line or point
What are the types of linear motion?
Translation
Rectilinear
Curvilinear
Define “Translation”
PURE Linear motion
When a body experiences translation, it moves as a unit and portions of the body do not move relative to each other
Define “Rectilinear” motion
Motion along a straight line
Define “Curvilinear” motion
Motion along a curved line
In angular motion, what is the axis of rotation?
The imaginary line perpendicular to the plane of rotation and passing through the centre of rotation
What is general motion?
Motion that involves both linear and angular motion simultaneously
What are movements in the sagittal plane?
Elbow flexion/extension Wrist flexion/extension Finger flexion/extension Knee flexion/extension Ankle dorsi/plantar flexion
What are coronal plane movements?
ABduction & Adduction
What are transverse plane movements?
Medial rotation
Lateral rotation
Define speed, with equation.
Speed = distance covered with respect to time
Speed = distance % time
Define velocity with equation.
Velocity = time rate change of displacement
- velocity is the change of distance in a specific direction
Average velocity = displacement (distance in a direction) % time
Define acceleration with an equation.
Acceleration = the time rate of change of velocity
- Velocity varies therefore so does acceleration
Average Acceleration = change in velocity % change in time
What is a vector?
A vector is a quantity that has both MAGNITUDE and DIRECTION
Therefore both VELOCITY and ACCELERATION are vector quantities
What is vector resolution?
Vector resolution replaces a single vector with 2 perpendicular vectors so that the vector composition of the original vector yields the original vector
Solved using tip-to-toe method (forming right angled triangle)
Therefore solved using Pythagoras theorem
- c^2 = a^2 + b^2
What are the trigonometric solutions to vectors?
Sin(angle)= opposite % hypotenuse [SOH]
Cos(angle)= adjacent % hypotenuse [CAH]
Tan(angle)= opposite % adjacent [TOA]
What is angular distance?
The angle through which an object rotates from one position to another about an axis of rotation
What is angular displacement?
The smaller of two angles (with respect to a scale of 360degrees) between initial and final positions following a period of rotation
Define angular speed with an equation
Angular speed = the rate of change in angular distance
Average angular speed = angular distance % time taken to cover
Define angular velocity with an equation
Angular velocity = the rate of change of angular displacement
Average velocity = angular displacement % time
Define angular acceleration with equation
Angular acceleration = the rate of change of angular velocity
Average angular acceleration = change in angular velocity % time