Acceleration (calculations)

With the help of this calculator you can perform several calculations concerning acceleration. For a given constant acceleration you may calculate the time until which a certain speed is reached or in which a certain distance is covered. All calculations assume a starting speed of zero and they may also be performed vice versa.

Usage: Always choose the correct unit in the corresponding pull-down-menu before you type a value.
At first give the value for the acceleration. This is either done directly in the field for the acceleration a on top or you calculate the value. For this you type the speed v and the time t_v after which the speed is reached into the corresponding fields. You may also type the distance s and the time t_s in which the distance was covered during the constant acceleration.
With the input acceleration you can now perform calculations by typing a time t_v or t_s and calculate the speed that was reached or the distance that was covered during this time, respectively. Also calculations vice versa are possible. After the input of a value the calculation is performed with the next mouse-click on any free space of the window or on the "calculate"-button.
For calculations with a new value of the acceleration you can type this into the field a. For other inputs click on the "reset" button before.

Example: A car accelerates within 7 seconds from zero to a speed of 100 km/h. What is its acceleration and which distance is covered in the time?
If you had made inputs before, click on the "reset" button. Then choose "km/h (kilometer per hour)" as unit for the speed in the corresponding pull-down-menu and type the value of the speed "100" Then type the value for the time ("7") in seconds.
After the next mouse-click on any free space of the window or on the "calculate"-button you can read the value of the acceleration (a = 3.9683 m/s²). With the corresponding pull-down-menu you may also choose another unit (e. g. 13.019 ft/s²),
Now type the time in seconds for t_s ("7"). After the next mouse-click on any free space of the window or on the "calculate"-button you can see that the car would have covered a distance of 97 m during its constant acceleration.

Remarks:
- Please note the remarks about the representation of numbers..
- There is no warranty for the calculation. Cactus2000 is not responsible for damage of any kind caused by wrong results.
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© Bernd Krüger, 02.11.2011, 06.08.2018