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Centripetal Acceleration Using Angular Velocity

Centripetal acceleration is the rate of change of velocity of an object with respect to time as it moves in a circular path.

Centripetal acceleration equals angular velocity squared times the radius of the path.

Formula

QuantityVariable["a", "Acceleration"] == QuantityVariable["r", "Radius"]*QuantityVariable["ω", "AngularVelocity"]^2

symbol description physical quantity
a centripetal acceleration "Acceleration"
r radius "Radius"
ω angular velocity "AngularVelocity"

Forms

Examples

Get the resource:

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ResourceObject["Centripetal Acceleration Using Angular Velocity"]
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Get the formula:

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FormulaData[
 ResourceObject["Centripetal Acceleration Using Angular Velocity"]]
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Use some values:

In[3]:=
FormulaData[
 ResourceObject[
  "Centripetal Acceleration Using Angular Velocity"], \
{QuantityVariable["a","Acceleration"] -> 
   Quantity[1, ("Meters")/("Seconds")^2], 
  QuantityVariable["\[Omega]","AngularVelocity"] -> 
   Quantity[1, ("Radians")/("Seconds")]}]
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