Cidepe

Function

Intended for experimental study, physics laboratory work, and conducting physics experiments on: Motion in two dimensions. Dynamics. Centripetal force as a function of the body's mass. Measuring the centripetal force acting on different masses in uniform circular motion (UCM) of radius R. The relationship between centripetal force and mass in uniform circular motion, for a given radius. Centripetal force as a function of the trajectory radius. Adjusting centripetal forces to the radii of the trajectory that a body of fixed mass will describe. The relationship between centripetal force and the radius of the circular trajectory described by the body in UCM. Centripetal force as a function of frequency. Applying different centripetal forces to a body in UCM, keeping the mass and radius constant. Measuring the period and determining the frequency of the body in UCM. The relationship between centripetal force and frequency. Centripetal force as a function of angular velocity. Applying different centripetal forces to a body in uniform circular motion (UCM), measuring period, frequency, and angular velocity, while keeping mass and radius constant. The direct dependence of centripetal force on the square of the angular velocity. Centripetal force in UCM. Centripetal acceleration. Measuring centripetal force. The relationship between centripetal force and mass, tangential velocity, and radius in uniform circular motion. Conservation of energy. Conservation of angular momentum in suspended masses rotating at the same frequency. Newton's laws of motion for each of the masses. Wave motion. The conical pendulum, critical rotation period. Measuring the critical rotation period and comparing it with its calculated value, etc.