DCS# 1D55.30 | NWU# M-30 | location: 2 C 4 |
title: Centrifugal Force aka: sliding corks or falling off the merry-go-round. |
Description: An Aluminium Disk with corks placed at different distances from the center is spun with a hand rotator starting from rest. As the speed increases, the corks will slide off. Questions: Where is the centripetal acceleration greatest on a rotating disk? How can each radius have the same time period, but a different acceleration? What does a free body diagram look like for a cork look like just before it begins to slide? |