Product Summary
Students explore the relationship between mass, radius of rotation, tangential speed, and centripetal force. By continuously measuring the force as the speed is varied, students clearly see the effect of speed on the centripetal force. The effect of changing the mass or radius is also investigated.
Concepts
- How centripetal force depends on radius, mass, and speed
What's Included
Data Collection Software
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Interface Required
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Experiment Library
Perform the following experiments and more with the Centripetal Force Experiment.
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College / Physics
In this activity, students will use a Force Sensor and Photogate to discover the relationship of centripetal force, mass, (tangential) speed and radius for an object in uniform circular motion. Students will determine what happens...
