{"id":297,"date":"2017-04-21T15:05:10","date_gmt":"2017-04-21T19:05:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/douglasphys1108\/part\/chapter-6-uniform-circular-motion-and-gravitation\/"},"modified":"2020-11-12T16:30:26","modified_gmt":"2020-11-12T21:30:26","slug":"chapter-6-uniform-circular-motion-and-gravitation","status":"publish","type":"part","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/douglasphys1108\/part\/chapter-6-uniform-circular-motion-and-gravitation\/","title":{"raw":"Chapter 5 Uniform Circular Motion and Gravitation","rendered":"Chapter 5 Uniform Circular Motion and Gravitation"},"content":{"raw":"Many motions, such as the arc of a bird\u2019s flight or Earth\u2019s path around the Sun, are curved. Recall that Newton\u2019s first law tells us that motion is along a straight line at constant speed unless there is a net external force. We will therefore study not only motion along curves, but also the forces that cause it, including gravitational forces. In some ways, this chapter is a continuation of <a href=\"\/douglasphys1108\/part\/chapter-4-dynamics-force-and-newtons-laws-of-motion\/\">Chapter 4 Dynamics: Newton's Laws of Motion<\/a> as we study more applications of Newton\u2019s laws of motion.\r\n<p id=\"import-auto-id3172430\">This chapter deals with the simplest form of curved motion, <strong><span id=\"import-auto-id1920881\">uniform circular motion<\/span><\/strong>, motion in a circular path at constant speed. Studying this topic illustrates most concepts associated with rotational motion and leads to the study of many new topics we group under the name <em>rotation<\/em>. Pure <em>rotational motion<\/em> occurs when points in an object move in circular paths centered on one point. Pure <em>translational motion<\/em> is motion with no rotation. Some motion combines both types, such as a rotating hockey puck moving along ice.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div>\r\n<h2>Glossary<\/h2>\r\n<dl class=\"definition\">\r\n \t<dt><a id=\"ucm\"><\/a>uniform circular motion<\/dt>\r\n \t<dd id=\"fs-id2639919\">the motion of an object in a circular path at constant speed<\/dd>\r\n<\/dl>\r\n<\/div>","rendered":"<p>Many motions, such as the arc of a bird\u2019s flight or Earth\u2019s path around the Sun, are curved. Recall that Newton\u2019s first law tells us that motion is along a straight line at constant speed unless there is a net external force. We will therefore study not only motion along curves, but also the forces that cause it, including gravitational forces. In some ways, this chapter is a continuation of <a href=\"\/douglasphys1108\/part\/chapter-4-dynamics-force-and-newtons-laws-of-motion\/\">Chapter 4 Dynamics: Newton&#8217;s Laws of Motion<\/a> as we study more applications of Newton\u2019s laws of motion.<\/p>\n<p id=\"import-auto-id3172430\">This chapter deals with the simplest form of curved motion, <strong><span id=\"import-auto-id1920881\">uniform circular motion<\/span><\/strong>, motion in a circular path at constant speed. Studying this topic illustrates most concepts associated with rotational motion and leads to the study of many new topics we group under the name <em>rotation<\/em>. Pure <em>rotational motion<\/em> occurs when points in an object move in circular paths centered on one point. Pure <em>translational motion<\/em> is motion with no rotation. Some motion combines both types, such as a rotating hockey puck moving along ice.<\/p>\n<div>\n<h2>Glossary<\/h2>\n<dl class=\"definition\">\n<dt><a id=\"ucm\"><\/a>uniform circular motion<\/dt>\n<dd id=\"fs-id2639919\">the motion of an object in a circular path at constant speed<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"parent":0,"menu_order":4,"template":"","meta":{"pb_part_invisible":false,"pb_part_invisible_string":""},"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-297","part","type-part","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/douglasphys1108\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/297","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/douglasphys1108\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/douglasphys1108\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/part"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/douglasphys1108\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/297\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1340,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/douglasphys1108\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/297\/revisions\/1340"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/douglasphys1108\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=297"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/douglasphys1108\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=297"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/douglasphys1108\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=297"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}