Segment 3G: Circular Motion We explore the concept of circular motion. Segment 3G: Circular Motion We travel to an amusement park to explore circular motion. We work through an example problem and ...

We solve for centripetal acceleration, centripetal force, and tangential velocity. In this Closer Look segment on circular motion, we investigate circular motion and solve for centripetal ...

Where, as in the case of the crank and pitman, a rectilinear motion and circular motion are coupled, there may be a loss in the application of the power to useful work, always consequent upon the ...

What is a cam? A cam is a simple mechanism that converts rotary motion (movement that goes round in a circle) into linear motion (movement in a straight line).

The remarkable developments in Galileo's theory of motion revealed by his letter to Guidobaldo del Monte in 1602 have never been easy to account for in view of the almost complete lack of direct ...