Further MathematicsCode 9231
Circular motion
What this topic asks you to be able to do
- understand angular speed as it applies to a particle going round a circle, and work with the relation v = rω
- understand that a particle travelling round a circle at constant speed has an acceleration pointing to the circle's centre, and apply the formulae a = rω² and a = v²/r
- solve problems in which the model is a particle moving at constant speed round a horizontal circle
- solve problems in which the model is a particle travelling round a vertical circle without any energy being lost