Differential Equations

[Han]

(03-27-2017 07:27 PM)ttw Wrote:  The first derivative of the distance is the velocity.
The first derivative of the velocity is the acceleration.
The first derivative of the acceleration is the jerk.
The first derivative of the jerk is the snap.
The first derivative of the snap is the crackle.
The first derivative of the crackle is the pop.

For really high impact problems (like the rocket sled experiments) high order expansions seem necessary to get an accurate description.

They need to make a Rice Crispies cereal box with some physics on the box cover! I didn't realize that there were terms for the higher order derivatives past jerk!