Uniform Circular Motion

Explore how constant speed around a circle still requires inward acceleration and net force.

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Uniform Circular Motion

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Keyboard: Space toggles play, R resets, ] steps forward, [ returns to the initial state.

An analytic circular-motion simulation for connecting tangential velocity, centripetal acceleration, angular speed, period, and net force. Learners vary radius, speed, and mass to see which quantities change kinematics and which only change the required force.

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