It’s dead simple: We need a circular acceleration of at least 9.8 m/s 2 (the acceleration of a free-falling object)—otherwise gravity takes over. So I’ll plug that in on the left.

Learn the key differences between centripetal and centrifugal forces, their real-world applications in physics, and how they shape our understanding of circular motion.

This week Shini sits down with us to discuss centripetal force, centrifugal force, and a few other bits of physics to help us understand Uniform Circular motion. Crash Course Physics is available ...

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Circular Motion Lab from Rhett Allain on Vimeo. ... The net force on the mass is not the zero vector, ... A mass moving in a circle has an acceleration of v 2 /r.

Segment 3G: Circular Motion We travel to an amusement park to explore circular motion. We work through an example problem and define such terms as tangential velocity and centripetal acceleration ...