Lab Report: Circular motion
Introduction
The uniform circular motion experiment investigates the continuous motion of a body rotating about an axis. A body in circular motion has a dynamic velocity vector. Even though the rotation speed of the body is constant, the change in vector means that the body is in constant acceleration. The force that is responsible for the acceleration is referred to as centripetal force. The centripetal force keeps the body in its circular path and if retracted, the body will leave the path in a tangential direction relative to the circular path. Centripetal acceleration is the main difference between linear
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