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Uniform circular motion. What’s uniform? What direction is the velocity? What direction is the acceleration? What’s the magnitude of the acceleration?. In one second:. In one second:. What is the acceleration?. In one second:. v. In one second:. a c. What is the acceleration?.
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Uniform circular motion • What’s uniform? • What direction is the velocity? • What direction is the acceleration? • What’s the magnitude of the acceleration?
What is the acceleration? In one second: v
In one second: ac What is the acceleration?
What if the speed is doubled? In one second:
v 2v In one second: ac
What if the radius is halved? In one second:
What if the radius is halved? In one second:
What if the radius is halved? In one second:
What if the radius is halved? In one second: ac
What if the radius is halved? In one second: r r/2
Centripetal Acceleration • acceleration for objects moving in a circle at constant speed • perpendicular to the velocity, which points towards the center of the circle • ac = v2/r
TS,B WE,B Free-body diagram: If you can’t label the force, it probably doesn’t belong on your diagram! Ball ??
TS,B WE,B Free-body diagram: Ball
Free-body diagram: TS,B Ball WE,B
Free-body diagram: Ty Ball Tx WE,B
What direction is the net force on the ball? Ty Ball Tx WE,B
What direction is the net force on the ball? Ty Ball Tx WE,B a
For an object moving in a circle: • the acceleration points towards the center of the circle, and • the NET FORCE points towards the center of the circle. • We give a special name to this NET FORCE; we call it the CENTRIPETAL FORCE.
Which force is the NET FORCE? Ty Ball Tx WE,B a
What about the centrifugal force? • There is no such force, regardless of what Mr. Wizard says.
Bucket of water problem • You swing a bucket of water (m=1kg) in a vertical circle at constant speed, which we’ll estimate. What is the normal force by the bottom of the bucket on the water at:a. the top of the circle, andb. the bottom of the circle.
WE,W FBD at top water
NB,W What else? water WE,W
v a a NB,W What direction is a? water WE,W Why doesn’t the water fall on Greg’s head?
v a NB,W But, how big is a? a water WE,W Why doesn’t the water fall on Greg’s head?
1 m 2 p r Assume Dt = 1 sec; v = ≈ 6 m/s D t Centripetal acceleration • aC = v2/r • Assume r = 1 meter ≈ 36 m/s2 • need to find v
NB,W Question a = aC water WE,W
What is the acceleration? In one second: v
In one second: ac What is the acceleration?
NB,W Apply Newton’s 2nd Law a = 36 m/s2 water WE,W = m g = 10 N What’s wrong with this freebody diagram? Fnet = (1 kg) (36 m/s2) = 36 N
NB,W What if we swing a little slower? a water WE,W
NB,W What if we swing a little slower? a water WE,W
NB,W What has to change on the FBD? a water WE,W
What has to change on the FBD? a water NB,W WE,W
NB,W What changes at the bottom? a water WE,W
a NB,W WE,W At the bottom: water
WE,W At the bottom: a NB,W water
WE,W Apply Newton’s 2nd Law a = 36 m/s2 NB,W water = m g = 10 N How big is the normal force? Fnet = (1 kg) (36 m/s2) = 36 N