diff --git a/docs/sph3u7.md b/docs/sph3u7.md index 004ef16..bb12ca2 100644 --- a/docs/sph3u7.md +++ b/docs/sph3u7.md @@ -568,6 +568,9 @@ $$v=\frac{2\pi r}{T}$$ ### Centripetal force/acceleration +!!! warning + **Centrifugal** force is a **fictitious** (psuedo) force used to explain movement opposite the predicted acceleration in a circular frame of reference. The phenomenon is clearly explained from an external field of reference by Newton's first law of motion. + Centripetal acceleration ($\vec{a}_c$) is the acceleration causing an object to move in a circle. An object with uniform circular motion has a centripetal acceleration with constant **magnitude**. $$|\vec{a}_c|=\frac{v^2}{r}$$