{"id":534,"date":"2018-12-19T18:51:42","date_gmt":"2018-12-19T18:51:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/louisville-wm-physics\/?post_type=chapter&p=534"},"modified":"2019-07-18T15:57:29","modified_gmt":"2019-07-18T15:57:29","slug":"putting-it-together-circular-motion","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/louisville-wm-physics\/chapter\/putting-it-together-circular-motion\/","title":{"raw":"Putting It Together: Circular Motion","rendered":"Putting It Together: Circular Motion"},"content":{"raw":"When an object moves along a circular path with a radius of `R` at a constant speed `v`, it experiences a centripetal acceleration.\u00a0 The magnitude of the centripetal acceleration is given by `\\frac{v^2}{R}` and the acceleration always points perpendicular to the object\u2019s velocity towards the center of the circle.\u00a0 We can use what we know about the acceleration to relate the object\u2019s circular motion to the forces acting on it to keep it moving along a circle with Newton\u2019s second law.","rendered":"

When an object moves along a circular path with a radius of `R` at a constant speed `v`, it experiences a centripetal acceleration.\u00a0 The magnitude of the centripetal acceleration is given by `\\frac{v^2}{R}` and the acceleration always points perpendicular to the object\u2019s velocity towards the center of the circle.\u00a0 We can use what we know about the acceleration to relate the object\u2019s circular motion to the forces acting on it to keep it moving along a circle with Newton\u2019s second law.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t

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