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Centrifugal Escape

Centrifugal Escape Demo Picture

  • When the rolling ball exits the circle it travels in a path
    tangential to the circle at the point of exit. The ball, therefore, experiences
    no centrifugal force.
  • Located in L02, section B3

 

Posted in Mechanics, Motion in Two DimensionsTagged centrifugal, escape, force

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