This simulation models a mass moving in horizontal circular motion on a frictionless table, with tension providing the centripetal force. Learners can adjust the mass, string length, and angular velocity to explore how these variables affect tension, centripetal acceleration, and orbital dynamics in real time.
Learning objectives: Understand the relationship between centripetal force and circular motion parameters | Investigate how mass, radius, and velocity affect tension in circular systems | Analyse the role of centripetal acceleration in maintaining circular orbits
Horizontal Circular Motion of Mass on a Table
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Fu-Kwun Hwang - Dept. of Physics, National Taiwan Normal Univ. and lookang; lookang; tinatan
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