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Andrew Duffy
This web page is an interactive physics homework problem relating to circular motion. A simulation depicts a ball on a string being whirled at constant speed. Given mass of the ball and tension in the string, students are asked to find the speed. The user has options to view an author-created free-body diagram and coordinate system. Explicit help is provided to find a solution by applying Newton's Second Law. This item is part of a collection of similar simulation-based activities developed for students of introductory physics.
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<a href="https://www.compadre.org/portal/items/detail.cfm?ID=6906">Duffy, Andrew. Boston University Physics Applets: Ball on a String. March 28, 2008.</a>
AIP Format
A. Duffy, (2002), WWW Document, (http://physics.bu.edu/~duffy/semester1/c8_whirligig.html).
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A. Duffy, Boston University Physics Applets: Ball on a String (2002), <http://physics.bu.edu/~duffy/semester1/c8_whirligig.html>.
APA Format
Duffy, A. (2008, March 28). Boston University Physics Applets: Ball on a String. Retrieved May 1, 2025, from http://physics.bu.edu/~duffy/semester1/c8_whirligig.html
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Duffy, Andrew. Boston University Physics Applets: Ball on a String. March 28, 2008. http://physics.bu.edu/~duffy/semester1/c8_whirligig.html (accessed 1 May 2025).
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Duffy, Andrew. Boston University Physics Applets: Ball on a String. 2002. 28 Mar. 2008. 1 May 2025 <http://physics.bu.edu/~duffy/semester1/c8_whirligig.html>.
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@misc{
Author = "Andrew Duffy",
Title = {Boston University Physics Applets: Ball on a String},
Volume = {2025},
Number = {1 May 2025},
Month = {March 28, 2008},
Year = {2002}
}
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%A Andrew Duffy %T Boston University Physics Applets: Ball on a String %D March 28, 2008 %U http://physics.bu.edu/~duffy/semester1/c8_whirligig.html %O application/java
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%0 Electronic Source %A Duffy, Andrew %D March 28, 2008 %T Boston University Physics Applets: Ball on a String %V 2025 %N 1 May 2025 %8 March 28, 2008 %9 application/java %U http://physics.bu.edu/~duffy/semester1/c8_whirligig.html Disclaimer: ComPADRE offers citation styles as a guide only. We cannot offer interpretations about citations as this is an automated procedure. Please refer to the style manuals in the Citation Source Information area for clarifications.
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