CircularmotionHaveyoueverbeentoanamusementpark
19WhysomebodyneedstoknowaboutcircularmotionOtherwisewewouldn’tgoonthoserides
Spacestation,satellites,livefromoverseasPlanets,CometsandMoonsUniformCircularMotionVelocityisavector,ithasbothdirectionandmagnitudeSimplestcase:directionconstant,magnitudechanges
LinearMotionWewillnowstudyanother“simple”case:magnitudeisconstantanddirectioncontinuallychanges
UniformCircularMotion8CircularMotionXθ=0yifHowdowelocatesomethingonacircle
GiveitsangularpositionθWhatisthelocationof900orπ/29CircularMotionistheangularposition
Angulardisplacement:ifNote:anglesmeasuredClockwise(CW)arenegativeandanglesmeasured(CCW)arepositive
ismeasuredinradians
2radians=360=1revolutionxyifWhatisaradian
C=2πr=(totalangleofonerotation)xrRadianmeasur