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Can a car move around a circular racetrack so that the car has a tangential acceleration but no centripetal acceleration?
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∙ 11y ago
No, If a car moves around a circular race track with any constant speed, the acceleration is directed towards the centre. So it has a centripetal acceleration. The tangential acceleration would be irrelevant unless the car has an instantaneous tangential velocity of zero. Then the centripetal acceleration is zero. However, this would only exist for that small instant in time.
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What is an example of tangential and centripetal acceleration?
If an object follows a circular path, it must have a centripetal force on it to keep it moving in a circle. Centripetal means "toward the center of the circle". The force causes Centripetal acceleration toward the center witch is along the radius of the circular path. Tangential acceleration occurs at a Tangent to the circular path and is always perpendicular to the centripetal acceleration. Always perpendicular to the radius of the circle.
Why tangential acceleration is not produced in uniform circular motion?
Because there is no tangential force acting on the object in uniform circular motion. The proof that there is no tangential component of acceleration is the fact that the tangential component of velocity is constant.
What is acceleration that occurs in a circular motion?
centripetal force is the acceleration in the circle
Quantity that remains constant during uniform circular motion?
-- tangential speed -- angular velocity -- kinetic energy -- magnitude of momentum -- radius of the circle -- centripetal acceleration
What is the acceleration toward the center of a curved or circular path is called what acceleration?
That's called 'centripetal acceleration'. It's the result of the centripetal forceacting on the object on the curved path.
What happens when centripetal acceleration occurs?
The body which is subjected to centripetal acceleration undergoes uniform circular motion.
What is an example of Circular acceleration?
a satellite in orbit; it is moving at constant speed but is accelerating outward in circular acceleration, balanced by gravity acceleration (centripetal force).
What is centripetal acceleration and find its magnitude and direction in the case of uniform circular motion?
The centripetal acceleration is v2/r, directed toward the center of the circle..
What is the acceleration that occurs when an object moves at a constant speed in circular motion?
It's called 'centripetal acceleration', whether or not the speed is constant or the path circular.
How can you convert circular motion to vertical lift?
In circular motion the object travels in the circular trajectory because of the centripetal force exerted on it. Otherwise the velocity is always in tangential direction which means that stopping the centripetal force can send the object in a straight path.
What is the acceleration that occurs when an object moves at a constant speed in circular motion called?
It's called 'centripetal acceleration', whether or not the speed is constant or the path circular.
Will magnitude of accleration be constant if oject travels in constant speed in circular path?
Short answer: yes.The force required to maintain constant-velocity circular motion is called centripetal force, and it acts toward the center of the circle (perpendicular to the object's tangential velocity). Centripetal force is given byf_c = mv^2 / rwhere m is the mass of the orbiting object, v is its tangential velocity and r is its (presumably constant) distance from the center of rotation. Centripetal acceleration is given by dividing both sides of this equation by m (as governed by Newton's second law).
