Fourth year of secondary education
Uniform Circular Movement
C. Palacios
 U.C.M.  
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1.1  Uniform Circular Movement: What is it?

 

Gears, wheels,CD-ROMs, loops in big dippers, etc. etc. etc., circular movements surround us; we are only going to study the simplest of all these: uniform ones (those which move at a constant speed).

 

 

U.C.M.
What is it?
Does it show acceleration?
How do we describe it?
Revolutions per minute
Radians per second
What is a radian?
Arc, angle and radius
How many radians are there in a circumference?
Angular and linear magnitudes
Linear and angular space
Linear and angular velocity
Evaluation