Centripetal force is directed toward the center of rotation of an orbiting body or object following a curved path. Centrifugal force is the apparent force, equal and opposite to the centripetal force, drawing a rotating body away from the center of rotation, caused by the inertia of the body. Whenever you see a moving object that's not traveling in a straight line, you know that a force is acting upon it. That's because objects tend to resist changes to their velocities. The greater the mass, the greater the resistance to changes in velocity. That's called inertia. Objects at rest tend to stay at rest, and objects in motion tend to stay in motion, unless acted upon by some external force. (See Newton's First Law.) Since velocity is a vector -- remember vectors have magnitude AND direction -- any change in an object's direction constitutes a changes in its velocity. When an object is flying around in a circle, its velocity is constantly changing because its direction is constantly changing! That means a force is working on it. That force is the centripetal force, and since force is equal to mass times acceleration, there must be an acceleration involved. You guessed it -- centripetal acceleration. There is a girl on a bike with a jump rope. Her spinning the bike pedals in centripetal force, though her spinning the jump rope around her is centrifugal force. The pedals are designed to keep the motion contained in a small area, keepiing the girl's feet right where they are, but the jump rope lashes out, with the chance of the girl losing her grip on it, due to its force. Centripetal Force is more directed towards the center of the axis of rotation of an object following an elliptical or circular path. Centrifugal Force is the force that pulls away from the center because of the objects inertia. Example: If you took a rock, tied it to a string, and swung it around, the force from the center of the axis of rotation is centripetal force. The force that causes the rock to pull away from the center, is centrifugal force. If you have ever been in a fast moving car that sharply turns and you feel as if you are pulled to the side, that too is centrifugal force caused by your inertia. The more mass the more inertia.
A moving object with no force acting on it continues moving in a straight line. It
takes a force to bend it away from a straight path. As long as an external force
acts on the object and continues to point toward the same single point, the object
will move in a circular path, and the force is called a "centripetal force", which means
"center seeking".
Now, hold onto your seat: "Centrifugal" force doesn't exist. It's a make-believe,
made-up thing, that's not really there.
When the centripetal force suddenly shuts off, the object proceeds in a straight
line, in the direction it was going at the instant when the centripetal force stopped,
and naturally, the straight line takes it straight away from what used to be the
center of its motion. We see the object take off straight away from the former
center, and we say "Gee, there must be a force pulling it away from there." But
there isn't any.
That "force" that you think you feel when the car turns a corner and you get
pressed against the door, away from the curve ? That's just the tendency of
your body to want to keep moving in a straight line, and its reaction to the
centripetal force that the car-seat and the door are exerting on you in order
to make your body move in a curved path. There is no "centrifugal" force.
Centripetal force is = mass * velocity square divided by radius
The similarity between rectilinear motion and curvilinear motion is that both involve movement of particles of an object.The similarity between rectilinear motion and curvilinear motion is that both involve movement of particles of an object.
Force of gravity = Mass (m) x acceleration due to gravity (g)Force of gravity = mg Centrifugal Force = Mass (m) x Radius of Earth(r) x Angular Velocity2 (ω2)Centrifugal Force = mrω2 The acceleration due to gravity (g) = 9.80665 m/s2.Radius of Earth = 63,78,100 m Lets consider an equilibrium where both the above forces are equal. * mg = mrω2 * g = rω2 * rω2 = g We have to find a value of ω that satisfies the above equation * rω2 = g * 63,78,100 x ω2 = 9.80665 * ω2 = 9.80665 / 63,78,100 * ω2 = 1.53753469 × 10-6 * ω = 1.23997367 x 10-3 At this angular velocity, the centrifugal force is exactly equal to the gravitational force. If the earth spins any faster than this, the Centrifugal force will overpower the gravitational force. The current angular velocity of Earth is 7.2921150 × 10−5 radians per second.The ratio of the required angular velocity to the current angular velocity is 17.0043077.The Earth will have to spin more than 17 times faster than it does now for the Centrifugal force to overpower gravity.
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There is no net gravity to keep their feet on the ground. In fact the gravity is cancelled out by the centrifugal force of the circular orbit,
Always centrifugal is the reaction force for centripetal
Centrifugal force is a measure of the opposite reaction of a centripetal force.
Centrifugal force is often confused with centripetal force.
The forces of attraction between the sun and each planet are gravitational forces, and they're both centripetal forces.
Reactive centrifugal force is not the same thing as centrifugal force. Reactive centrifugal force is the reaction force. It is the reaction force reacting to a centripetal force.
No, it isn't.
Centrifugal force.
Centripetal force is the force necessary to apply to an object to get it to orbit; like spinning a rock on a string. It you are holding on to the string, you will feel a centrifugal force.
Center of gravity toward the center of the body absorbs. Centrifugal force away from the center of the object. Centripetal force is real. Centrifugal force is made up and doesn't exist.
I believe centripetal is considered real, its centrifugal that's not real. It relates to the four fundamental forces.
They are equal and opposite.
Centrifugal motion is an outward force on a body rotating about an axis. It is the opposite of centripetal force.