Centripetal acceleration via angular speed and radius¶
Centripetal acceleration is defined as the change in velocity tangential to the velocity vector.
Links:
- centripetal_acceleration¶
Centripetal, or normal,
acceleration.- Symbol:
a_n- Latex:
\(a_{n}\)
- Dimension:
acceleration
- angular_speed¶
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- Symbol:
w- Latex:
\(\omega\)
- Dimension:
angle/time
- radius_of_curvature¶
Instantaneous
radius_of_curvature.- Symbol:
r- Latex:
\(r\)
- Dimension:
length
- law¶
a_n = w^2 * r- Latex:
- \[a_{n} = \omega^{2} r\]