CIRCULAR MOTION

UNIFORM CIRCULAR MOTION

When a particle moves in a circle with CONSTANT speed, the motion is called
uniform circular motion. There is no component of acceleration parallel (tangent) to
the path; otherwise, the speed would change.

NON-UNIFORM CIRCULAR MOTION

When a particle moves in a circle with VARYING speed, the motion is called non-
uniform circular motion. There are other forces affecting the system such as but not
limited gravitational force.

A motion does not required to complete the circular path to be considered a circular motion. A car turning on the
street, as an example, is already considered as circular motion.
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 SAMPLE PROBLEM
An Aston Martin V8 Vantage sports car has a “lateral acceleration” of 0.96𝑔 =
0.96 9.8 𝑚⁄𝑠 " = 9.4 𝑚⁄𝑠 ". This is the maximum centripetal acceleration the car can
sustain without skidding out of a curved path. If the car is traveling at a constant 40 𝑚/𝑠
(about 144 𝑘𝑚/ℎ) on level ground, what is the radius R of the tightest unbanked curve it
can negotiate?
 EXERCISE
Passengers on a carnival ride move at constant speed in a horizontal circle of radius 5.0 m,
making a complete circle in 4.0 s. What is their acceleration?
QUESTIONS?
 ACTIVITY
Activity 12 (Infer quantities associated with circular motion such as
tangential velocity, centripetal acceleration, tangential acceleration,
radius of curvature)
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