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CIRCULAR MOTION
Uniform Circular
Motion
period, T: time for one
complete revolution, unit: s
speed is constant
v = 2r/T
(r: radius)
velocity
is constantly
CIRCULAR MOTION
all turning
objects
have
centripetal
(centerseeking)
acceleratio
n
CIRCULAR MOTION
CIRCULAR MOTION
no
centrip
etal
force =
no
turning
(linear
motion)
CIRCULAR MOTION
CIRCULAR MOTION
Frames of
Reference inside a turning
object, there
seems to be a
centrifugal
(center- fleeing)
force pulling on
objects
CIRCULAR MOTION
Frames of
Reference outside the
turning object, we
see objects inside
move in a straight
line (inertia), until
they get pulled
into the turn by
centripetal force
CIRCULAR MOTION
centrifugal
force only
exists within
the turning
objects frame
of reference - it
is a fictitious
force
CIRCULAR MOTION
Frames of
Reference things
moving on a
rotating
object seem
to be made
to turn by the
coriolis
force
PHYSICS
UNIT 3: CIRCULAR &
ROTATIONAL MOTION
QUIZ 3.1
A 50 kg child on a merry-go-round sits 2.0 m
from the center and makes 2.0 complete revolution
every second.
(a) Find the child's period.
(b) Find the child's tangential speed.
(c) Find the child's centripetal acceleration.
(d) Find the centripetal force on the child.
v = 2r/T
ac = v2/r
Fc = mv2/r
PHYSICS
UNIT 3: CIRCULAR &
ROTATIONAL MOTION
UNIVERSAL GRAVITATION
UNIVERSAL GRAVITATION
Fg = Gm1m2/r2
UNIVERSAL GRAVITATION
UNIVERSAL GRAVITATION
stable orbit: Fc = Fg
UNIVERSAL GRAVITATION
Orbits
always falling but never reaching the
ground
"Weightlessness" is NOT gravity-less
no gravity = no orbit
PHYSICS
UNIT 3: CIRCULAR &
ROTATIONAL MOTION
ROTATIONAL MOTION
1 Hz = 1 rev/s = 2 rad/s
ROTATIONAL MOTION
v = r
a = r2
c
ROTATIONAL MOTION
ROTATIONAL MOTION
Torque is zero when = 0 or 180
Torque is maximum when = 90
ROTATIONAL MOTION
ROTATIONAL MOTION
tc = tdcc1
d
2
F1
F2d2 = F1d1
PHYSICS
UNIT 3: CIRCULAR &
ROTATIONAL MOTION
UNIT 3 REVIEW
v = 2r/T
ac = v2/r
Fc = mv2/r
v = Gmp/r
me = 5.971024 kg
m
= /t
= /t
v = r ac = r2
= Fdsin
tc = tcc
re = 6.38106