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Is it centripetal force or tension force?
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I'm learning about centripetal force and I was shown a scenario where a man was spinning a rope attached to a ball over his head. There's a centripetal acceleration toward the center and therefore a force must be acting in the same direction as the centripetal acceleration — the centripetal force. But I wonder if that's considered a tension force as well. Is it?
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I'm learning about centripetal force and I was shown a scenario where a man was spinning a rope attached to a ball over his head. There's a centripetal acceleration toward the center and therefore a force must be acting in the same direction as the centripetal acceleration — the centripetal force. But I wonder if that's considered a tension force as well. Is it?
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I'm learning about centripetal force and I was shown a scenario where a man was spinning a rope attached to a ball over his head. There's a centripetal acceleration toward the center and therefore a force must be acting in the same direction as the centripetal acceleration — the centripetal force. But I wonder if that's considered a tension force as well. Is it?
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I'm learning about centripetal force and I was shown a scenario where a man was spinning a rope attached to a ball over his head. There's a centripetal acceleration toward the center and therefore a force must be acting in the same direction as the centripetal acceleration — the centripetal force. But I wonder if that's considered a tension force as well. Is it?
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Note that your question is essentially equivalent to "is it a horizontal force or a tension force?"
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Note that your question is essentially equivalent to "is it a horizontal force or a tension force?"
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The centripetal force can be made up of any type of force, whether gravitational, friction or tension. The centripetal force is not a force type, it is just a net force that is always radial. So it is a sum of forces, no matter the type.
So yes, it is a tension force. It just acts as a centripetal force.
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The centripetal force is the force required to keep the ball rotating in a circle, by providing it the necessary centripetal acceleration. In this case this force is the tension in the rope, but of course in general the centripetal acceleration can be provided by forces of a different nature.
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You might find it easier to avoid the term centripetal force and just state that there is a force due to the string (tension) which is producing a centripetal acceleration.
There are times when two (or more) forces are acting on a body, eg on a banked track, and the net force on the body in a particular direction produces a centripetal acceleration.
In such cases using the term centripetal force can be misleading as it might be thought to imply that there is only one force causing the centripetal acceleration.
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The tension in the rope is what provides the centripetal force.
Tension exists simply because the rope or string that your whirling around is extended.
The adjective "centripetal" describes the direction of the force. Centripetal means "center seeking". The origin of the force may be gravitational (earth - sun system) or electromagnetic (e.g. nucleus attracting electrons) but the direction has to be towards the center.
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The centripetal force can be made up of any type of force, whether gravitational, friction or tension. The centripetal force is not a force type, it is just a net force that is always radial. So it is a sum of forces, no matter the type.
So yes, it is a tension force. It just acts as a centripetal force.
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The centripetal force can be made up of any type of force, whether gravitational, friction or tension. The centripetal force is not a force type, it is just a net force that is always radial. So it is a sum of forces, no matter the type.
So yes, it is a tension force. It just acts as a centripetal force.
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The centripetal force can be made up of any type of force, whether gravitational, friction or tension. The centripetal force is not a force type, it is just a net force that is always radial. So it is a sum of forces, no matter the type.
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The centripetal force is the force required to keep the ball rotating in a circle, by providing it the necessary centripetal acceleration. In this case this force is the tension in the rope, but of course in general the centripetal acceleration can be provided by forces of a different nature.
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The centripetal force is the force required to keep the ball rotating in a circle, by providing it the necessary centripetal acceleration. In this case this force is the tension in the rope, but of course in general the centripetal acceleration can be provided by forces of a different nature.
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The centripetal force is the force required to keep the ball rotating in a circle, by providing it the necessary centripetal acceleration. In this case this force is the tension in the rope, but of course in general the centripetal acceleration can be provided by forces of a different nature.
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The centripetal force is the force required to keep the ball rotating in a circle, by providing it the necessary centripetal acceleration. In this case this force is the tension in the rope, but of course in general the centripetal acceleration can be provided by forces of a different nature.
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You might find it easier to avoid the term centripetal force and just state that there is a force due to the string (tension) which is producing a centripetal acceleration.
There are times when two (or more) forces are acting on a body, eg on a banked track, and the net force on the body in a particular direction produces a centripetal acceleration.
In such cases using the term centripetal force can be misleading as it might be thought to imply that there is only one force causing the centripetal acceleration.
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You might find it easier to avoid the term centripetal force and just state that there is a force due to the string (tension) which is producing a centripetal acceleration.
There are times when two (or more) forces are acting on a body, eg on a banked track, and the net force on the body in a particular direction produces a centripetal acceleration.
In such cases using the term centripetal force can be misleading as it might be thought to imply that there is only one force causing the centripetal acceleration.
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You might find it easier to avoid the term centripetal force and just state that there is a force due to the string (tension) which is producing a centripetal acceleration.
There are times when two (or more) forces are acting on a body, eg on a banked track, and the net force on the body in a particular direction produces a centripetal acceleration.
In such cases using the term centripetal force can be misleading as it might be thought to imply that there is only one force causing the centripetal acceleration.
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You might find it easier to avoid the term centripetal force and just state that there is a force due to the string (tension) which is producing a centripetal acceleration.
There are times when two (or more) forces are acting on a body, eg on a banked track, and the net force on the body in a particular direction produces a centripetal acceleration.
In such cases using the term centripetal force can be misleading as it might be thought to imply that there is only one force causing the centripetal acceleration.
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The tension in the rope is what provides the centripetal force.
Tension exists simply because the rope or string that your whirling around is extended.
The adjective "centripetal" describes the direction of the force. Centripetal means "center seeking". The origin of the force may be gravitational (earth - sun system) or electromagnetic (e.g. nucleus attracting electrons) but the direction has to be towards the center.
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The tension in the rope is what provides the centripetal force.
Tension exists simply because the rope or string that your whirling around is extended.
The adjective "centripetal" describes the direction of the force. Centripetal means "center seeking". The origin of the force may be gravitational (earth - sun system) or electromagnetic (e.g. nucleus attracting electrons) but the direction has to be towards the center.
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The tension in the rope is what provides the centripetal force.
Tension exists simply because the rope or string that your whirling around is extended.
The adjective "centripetal" describes the direction of the force. Centripetal means "center seeking". The origin of the force may be gravitational (earth - sun system) or electromagnetic (e.g. nucleus attracting electrons) but the direction has to be towards the center.
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The tension in the rope is what provides the centripetal force.
Tension exists simply because the rope or string that your whirling around is extended.
The adjective "centripetal" describes the direction of the force. Centripetal means "center seeking". The origin of the force may be gravitational (earth - sun system) or electromagnetic (e.g. nucleus attracting electrons) but the direction has to be towards the center.
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