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Physclips: Circular Motion
published by the University of New South Wales
written by Joe Wolfe
This web page provides a multimedia introduction to circular motion.  It includes topics such as acceleration, velocity, vectors, the Earth's rotation, and nonuniform circular motion.  Short video clips and diagrams are integrated with text to promote understanding of important concepts.  

This tutorial is part of the PhysClip collection of web-based resources on introductory mechanics, electricity, and magnetism.
https://www.animations.physics.unsw.edu.au/jw/circular.htm
Subjects Levels Resource Types
Motion, Forces, and Energy
- General
- Newton's Second Law
= Force, Acceleration
- High School
- Lower Undergraduate
- Informal Education
- Upper Undergraduate
- Collection
- Instructional Material
= Tutorial
- Audio/Visual
= Image/Image Set
= Movie/Animation
Intended Users Formats Ratings
- Learners
- Educators
- General Publics
- text/html
- application/flash
- image/gif
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Access Rights: Free access
Restriction: © 2007 School of Physics, University of New South Wales, Australia
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 Australia License.
Keywords: acceleration, circular motion, multimedia
Record Cloner: Metadata instance created March 8, 2009 by Alea Smith
Record Updated: Feb 04, 2010 by Lyle Barbato
Last Update
when Cataloged:		 December 18, 2007
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AIP Format
J. Wolfe, (University of New South Wales, Sydney, 2007), WWW Document, (https://www.animations.physics.unsw.edu.au/jw/circular.htm).
AJP/PRST-PER
J. Wolfe, Physclips: Circular Motion (University of New South Wales, Sydney, 2007), <https://www.animations.physics.unsw.edu.au/jw/circular.htm>.
APA Format
Wolfe, J. (2007, December 18). Physclips: Circular Motion. Retrieved March 23, 2025, from University of New South Wales: https://www.animations.physics.unsw.edu.au/jw/circular.htm
Chicago Format
Wolfe, Joe. Physclips: Circular Motion. Sydney: University of New South Wales, December 18, 2007. https://www.animations.physics.unsw.edu.au/jw/circular.htm (accessed 23 March 2025).
MLA Format
Wolfe, Joe. Physclips: Circular Motion. Sydney: University of New South Wales, 2007. 18 Dec. 2007. 23 Mar. 2025 <https://www.animations.physics.unsw.edu.au/jw/circular.htm>.
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@misc{ Author = "Joe Wolfe", Title = {Physclips: Circular Motion}, Publisher = {University of New South Wales}, Volume = {2025}, Number = {23 March 2025}, Month = {December 18, 2007}, Year = {2007} }
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