This shows you the differences between two versions of the page.
| Both sides previous revision Previous revision | Next revisionBoth sides next revision |
| 183_notes:curving_motion [2014/10/06 18:06] – caballero | 183_notes:curving_motion [2014/10/10 16:21] – pwirving |
|---|
| ==== Relationship to the tangential and centripetal accelerations ==== | ==== Relationship to the tangential and centripetal accelerations ==== |
| |
| In your previous studies, you might come acres the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acceleration#Tangential_and_centripetal_acceleration|tangential acceleration ($\vec{a}_{t}$) and the centripetal acceleration ($\vec{a}_{c}$)]]. These are directly connected to the definitions of the parallel and perpendicular components of the net force. You can write the net force as the sum of these parallel and perpendicular components, which arise from the tangential and centripetal accelerations. | In your previous studies, you might have come across the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acceleration#Tangential_and_centripetal_acceleration|tangential acceleration ($\vec{a}_{t}$) and the centripetal acceleration ($\vec{a}_{c}$)]]. These are directly connected to the definitions of the parallel and perpendicular components of the net force. You can write the net force as the sum of these parallel and perpendicular components, which arise from the tangential and centripetal accelerations. |
| |
| $$\vec{F}_{net} = \vec{F}_{\parallel} + \vec{F}_{\perp}$$ | $$\vec{F}_{net} = \vec{F}_{\parallel} + \vec{F}_{\perp}$$ |