Tuesday, January 6, 2009

force vs acceleration

What is the difference between centripetal force and centripetal acceleration?

4 comments:

streckfuss said...

Centrpetal acceleration is any object that revolves abou a single axis which undergoes circular motion. Tangential spped can be used to describe the speed of an object in circular motion. Centripetal force is the net force that is directed toward the center of an object's circular path.

aaron peterson said...

Centripetal acceleration is the change in speed to the change in direction. This is due to the change in direction. Centripetal force is the net force on the object as it goes around the center.

bertsch said...

Centripetal acceleraion is the change in speed to the change in direction. THis is due to the chage in direction. It is the net force.

bertsch said...

Centripetal acceleraion is the change in speed to the change in direction. THis is due to the chage in direction. It is the net force.