The purpose of this blog is to help grade 12 physics students with problems and concerns in their course. Students should also reflect on the day's lesson - question, think, get curious!

Tuesday, April 3, 2007

circular motion....


wow i can't believe it...Ms. K wants me to be the scribe today.. well uhhmmm i will start with the first thing that we did a while ago... we answer the exercise that she gave us before we had our spring break. Its all about circular motion and the first page was about centrepetal acceleration...just want to remind all of you guys the formulas on this topic..



Centripetal Acceleration:



1. average velocity- v=2∏R/T



2. centripetal acceleration- Ac=4∏2R/T2



Centripetal force:



1. centripetal force- Fc=ma



After we checked our excercise sheet Ms. K gave us a hand out about Centripetal and Centrifugal Forces..and if you have read that sheet,you will see two examples of these force,one example is the spinning tub in the washing machine and the other one is the automobile that round a corner,but the best example for me is the spinning tub in the washing machine,well if you read it you'll understand this topic better...



and that's it for now..i can't remember some stuff we did a while ago=)



*richard don't want to email Ms. K because he don't want to be the next scribe*=>



uhhmmm.. next scribe would be "Lindsay"

No comments: