Circular Motion in Real Life
There are also situations where you have encountered circular motion of an object in real life too.
Example 1: When we go to some fair (carnival) and we want to ride the Ferris wheel. The pods of the Ferris wheel moves in a circular motion.
Example 2: A car turning on a circular track is also an example of circular motion. Generally these curves are made at an angle known as banked road which helps to reduce the role of friction to the circular motion of the car (Don’t worry if you are not able to visualize this contribution of friction, we will help you visualize this later in this article).
Example 3: In your home when your mother bakes the cake, she used to make the batter for the cake first. For making the batter for the cake she stirs the spoon in a circular motion, where the mixing spoon is follows a circular path equidistant from a central point.
These real life examples helps us visualize the circular motion and we tend to conceptualize the concepts even better.
Circular Motion
Circular Motion is defined as the movement of an object rotating along a circular path. Objects in a circular motion can be performing either uniform or non-uniform circular motion. Motion of a car on a bank road, the motion of a bike well of death, etc. are examples of circular motion.
In this article, we will learn about circular motion and some related concepts, such as examples, equations, applications, etc.
Table of Content
- What is Circular Motion?
- Equations for Circular Motion
- Centripetal Force
- Centrifugal Force
- Types of Circular Motion
- Circular Motion and Rotational Motion
- Circular Motion Formulas