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Which is true: objects keep spinning because of inertia, or objects keep spinning because of centripetal force?
I'm hoping any gravity or friction can be ignored.
I gather a spinning object is a non-inertial frame. I suppose that's because change of direction is acceleration. Continued acceleration requires ...
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Is visualising centripetal acceleration, as pulling the rotating body towards the centre, correct?
Centripetal force would literally mean ‘the centre-seeking force’. So in order to bring a body towards the centre it turns it and the body is always trying to reach the centre however is unable to ...
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How to find centripetal acceleration of a 2D object like disc
I am able to find centripetal acceleration of point object but a question came in my test which asked us to find:
The centripetal acceleration of a disc (a 2D object), revolving around its center ...
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Einstein's equivalence principle and acceleration due to rotation
Einstein's equivalence principle is often illustrated by pointing out that a person trapped in an elevator has no way of telling whether they are on the surface of the earth or in deep space in a ...
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Is centripetal acceleration independent of linear acceleration in accelerated circular motion?
Can we say that there is a relationship between them, or are they independent of each other? why?
Like does $a_c=v^2/r$ imply $a_c$ and $a_{tangential}$ are related?
I am very confused by this ...
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Centripetal acceleration of Centre of mass of rolling body
Does the centre of mass of body rolling on a stationary floor experience centripetal acceleration downwards towards the IAOR (instantaneous axis of rotation) which here is the point of contact of body ...
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Is the acceleration of a rotating body always it's centripetal component? [closed]
For constant circular motion where a rotating mass accelerates angularly.
Would the linear acceleration of the rotating mass always be equal to its centripetal acceleration
e.g. The earth's ...
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Normal Force in Circular Motion
In the above diagram, sec 1 (on the left side), an object of mass $m$, after releasing from rest from a slant track, continues into a vertical circular track. At a random position on the circular ...
