The Centripetal Force Requirement

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published by Tom Henderson

This webpage discusses the role of centripetal acceleration and centripetal force. The site also provides an animation to show how circular motion requires an inward force. Links to related concepts are provided.

https://www.physicsclassroom.com/mmedia/circmot/cf.cfm

Subjects	Levels	Resource Types
Classical Mechanics - Rotational Dynamics	- High School - Lower Undergraduate	- Reference Material - Audio/Visual = Movie/Animation

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Access Rights:: Free access
Restriction:: © 2007 Tom Henderson
Keywords:: Newton’s second law of motion, centripetal force, circular motion, turning
Record Creator:: Metadata instance created July 26, 2007 by Andrew Coughlin
Record Updated:: November 30, 2008 by Lyle Barbato
Last Update when Cataloged:: July 25, 2007
Other Collections:: The Physics To Go

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