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sandUnitIntroduction.html
Volume l
3-dimensional
distance3
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SPPA 4030 Speech Science 10
Displacement
Displacement is a change in position
Is a vector quantity
Has a magnitude (basic quantity of length)
Has a direction
KINEMATIC FEATURES OF VERTICAL JAW MOTION
Jaw vertical position
JAW POSITION
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Time
Velocity (v)
Rate at which a quantity changes it’s value
May be expressed as
v = x/t average velocity
instantaneous velocity
40
JAW VELOCITY
-40
LERATION
1000
SPPA 4030 Speech Science 13
Acceleration (a)
Rate of change in velocity
‘speeding’ up or positive acceleration
‘slowing’ down or negative acceleration
JAW POSITION
40
JAW VELOCITY
-40
JAW ACCELERATION
1000
-1000
TIME
SPPA 4030 Speech Science 15
Force (F)
Is a push or a pull on an object
F = force
M = mass Force units
Newton (SI)
a = acceleration
dyne
SPPA 4030 Speech Science 16
Pressure (E or P)
Force distributed over an area
E = F/A
Pressure units
where
Pascal (SI)
E = pressure dyne/cm2
F = force
A = area (x2)
SPPA 4030 Speech Science 17
Ways to increase Pressure
= area
= force
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Work (W)
Force applied over a given distance
Power (P)
P = W/t
where
P = Power Power units
W = work Watt (SI)
horsepower
t = time
I = P/A
where
I = Intensity Intensity units
P = Power watt/cm2
A = area
In electrical world
Ohm’s Law
R=E/I
where
R= resistance
E=voltage
I=electric current