Centrifugal Force Essay

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Title: Centrifugal force 1. Introduction Centrifugal force is the force which describes the outward pressure that is exhibited around an object rotating around a central point. Centrifugal force arises due to the property of mass known as inertia - the reluctance of a body to change either its speed or direction. In this experiment, the equipment was designed to determine the centrifugal force. 2. Objective * In this experiment, the magnitude of the dependency of centrifugal force is as the conditions below. * On the rotational speed * On the size of the rotating mass * On the radius of rotation 3. Method There are 3 cases respectively. For the first case, the radii and the mass are kept constant at r = 45mm and m= 50 g respectively. The rotational speed was first recorded at 100 rpm and was repeated for speed 200 rpm, 300 rpm and 400 rpm respectively. For the second case, the radii and speed are kept constant at r = 45 mm and N = 250 rpm. The motor was switched on at low speed and then was increased slowly until it reached 250 rpm. The reading was recorded and the procedure was repeated with mass (m) 75 g and 100 g. While for the third case, the mass and speed are kept constant at N = 150 rpm and m= 50 g. The radii value was recorded first at 20 mm and was repeated for radii 45 mm, 70 mm and 95 mm respectively. 4. Theory Centrifugal force formula comes from the Newton’s 2nd Law of motion which states that a body moving in a circular path with constant speed must be acted upon by an unbalanced force which is always directed towards the centre. This necessary unbalanced force is called the centripetal force. We can simply put it as F = ma. A body moving with constant speed in a circular path is continuously accelerated towards the centre of rotation. The magnitude of

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