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Circular Motion

Circular Motion

Circular Motion

Circular Motion - Ball on
String

Circular Motion

Circular Motion

Circular
Motion

Axis
– straight

line
at center

of  and normal

to
rotation path

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Circular Motion

Axis – straight line at center of  and normal to rotation path

Circular Motion

Radius
- perpendicular distance from axis to center of object

Circular Motion

Revolution – axis outside of the object
(moon orbiting the earth is revolving)

Rotate – axis inside the body (earth
rotates on its axis)

Circular Motion - Ball on
String

When the string breaks which way does
the ball go?

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Circular Motion

Centripetal Force

= mv2/r

‘the force that is acting towards the
axis’

NOTE: this can be a ‘push’ or a ‘pull’

Circular Motion

Centripetal Force

= mv2/r

‘at ½ the radius the acceleration is
doubled’

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