The Centripetal Force calculator computes the centripetal force based on the acceleration directed toward the center of a circular motion with constant angular velocity and the mass of the object.
INSTRUCTION: Choose units and enter the following:
Centripetal Force (Fc): The calculator computes the resulting Centripetal Force (Fc) in Newtons. However, the user can automatically convert this to other force units via the pull-down menu.
The formula for centripetal force is:
`F_c = (m • |v|^2)/r`
where:
Note than if a mass is moving in this circular motion and is affected by this acceleration due to changing angular velocity, that mass will feel a force along the vector direction of `vec(a_"rad")`. Circular Motion