designer:
Jonathan Barrett, Michael Boonstra, Maija Graham, Graeme Irwin, Hans Laue, Jason Law, Michelle McGrath, Arend Meetsma, Ali Rezaei, Qasim Syed, Andrew Turner, and Jeremiah Van Oosten
published by
the University of Calgary
written by
David Austin and Brian Martin
Available Languages: English, French
This tutorial uses a Java simulation to help explain the magnitude of the acceleration in uniform circular motion.
This item is part of a larger collection of physics simulations sponsored by the MAP project (Modular Approach to Physics).
Please note that this resource requires
Java Applet Plug-in.
<a href="https://www.compadre.org/introphys/items/detail.cfm?ID=7777">Austin, David, and Brian Martin. Modular Approach to Physics: Magnitude of the Radial Acceleration. Calgary: University of Calgary, May 9, 2003.</a>
D. Austin and B. Martin, Modular Approach to Physics: Magnitude of the Radial Acceleration (University of Calgary, Calgary, 2002), <http://canu.ucalgary.ca/map/content/accel/radial/explain/magnitude/>.
Austin, D., & Martin, B. (2003, May 9). Modular Approach to Physics: Magnitude of the Radial Acceleration. Retrieved February 16, 2026, from University of Calgary: http://canu.ucalgary.ca/map/content/accel/radial/explain/magnitude/
Austin, David, and Brian Martin. Modular Approach to Physics: Magnitude of the Radial Acceleration. Calgary: University of Calgary, May 9, 2003. http://canu.ucalgary.ca/map/content/accel/radial/explain/magnitude/ (accessed 16 February 2026).
Austin, David, and Brian Martin. Modular Approach to Physics: Magnitude of the Radial Acceleration. Calgary: University of Calgary, 2002. 9 May 2003. 16 Feb. 2026 <http://canu.ucalgary.ca/map/content/accel/radial/explain/magnitude/>.
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