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Why does $\vec{a}=\vec{\omega}\times \vec{r}$ as well as the velocity does?

Today I came in class and in one of the problems the teacher used $\vec{a}=\vec{\omega}\times \vec{r}$ which made me very confused because I don't know where it comes from, it seems pulled out of thin ...
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How to compute linear acceleration in 3D from change in roll, pitch and yaw angles?

We know that if a body is rotating only about $z$-axis along a circle of radius $R$ with an angular rate of $\omega$, then the acceleration of the body in 3D is $a = [0.0\ \ \omega^2R \ \ 0.0]$. Now ...
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Does a rotating body resist acceleration in a direction that is perpendicular to the direction of the rotation of the body?

I would like to know if a rotating body resists acceleration in a direction that is perpendicular to the direction of the rotation of the body. Say for example there is a bicycle wheel with a tire on ...
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(Circular motion) Acceleration is given, so why asked for more? [closed]

The full question is below. A car starts from rest and moves around a circular track of radius $32.0\,\text m$. Its speed increases at the constant rate of $0.500\,\text{m/s}^2$. (a) What is the ...
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Does a simple pendulum have some radial acceleration at its extreme positions where its speed becomes zero?

Suppose we have a simple pendulum swinging between two extreme positions. At the extreme position its speed becomes zero. As per this reason can I say that at extreme positions radial acceleration (v^...
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Is accelerated rolling with slipping possible?

I have a conceptual question regarding the following tasks. Two cylinders with different coefficients of friction are rolling down a inclined plane, thus accelerating. According to the task, due to ...
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What is the real difference between radial and tangential acceleration?

So in my physics coursebook there are two different kinds of derivation of $\frac{dv}{dt}$ of a particle rotating in a circle. Most of you will know these, they are what is called centripetal/radial ...
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I am very confused about net acceleration and angular acceleration in circular motion [closed]

I have seen in many places that angular acceleration can be zero but net acceleration can't be zero in circular motion. I want to know whose components are tangential and radial acceleration (net or ...
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Can a particle make a turn in space without accelerating? Does the size of the turn it makes, make a difference?

Is it possible for a particle to have angular velocity but no angular acceleration? Even if the angular velocity does not change, does there always need to be a centripetal / centrifugal acceleration ...
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Angular acceleration related to a time dependent rotation matrix $R(t)$

Let the orientation of a coordinate frame $\{b\}$ w.r.t. a static coordinate frame $\{a\}$ be expressed by a rotation matrix $R_{ab}\in SO(3)$ whose columns represent the coordinates of the unitary ...
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Finding Average Acceleration with only given angle [closed]

A car enters a curve in the road with a speed of 32 m/s and emerges from this curve 4 s later with the same speed. However, the direction of the velocity changes by 150 degrees during this time. What ...
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Use of net acceleration in circular motion

We know there are two types of accelaration in circular motion, one is centripetal acceleration and the other one is tangential acceleration. The resultant of these two is the net acceleration $a$. ...
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Centripetal force equation doubt

In a centrifuge, $a_c$ should be constant. If $m$ increases, the $r$ will increase in order to maintain a constant $a_c$. Constant centrieptal acceleration is given by $a_c={ v^2 \over r}$ and $a_c = ...
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Confusion about acceleration in rotating without slipping

We know that if there is a flat surface with friction, a ball rolling without slipping will conserve its energy, as friction does no work on the ball. $$\Delta E = 0 $$ Because kinetic energy is ...
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Definition of torque in the (possibly accelerating) centre of mass frame

My lecture note states that the torque in the centre of mass frame ($O^*$) of a rigid body is: $$\bf{G^*}=\sum \bf{r^* \times F}$$ where $\bf{F}$ denotes the real force that is producing the torque ...
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