Talk:A-level Physics/Forces, Fields and Energy/Motion in a circle

Specification
From the OCR GCE Physics A specification. Tick with &#10004; when you feel each part of the specification has been covered. Try not to add much more than what is in this list as it would not appear in the exam anyway. Use links to wikipedia for more depth in a topic.


 * 1) Describe qualitatively motion in a curved path due to a perpendicular force, and understand the centripetal acceleration in the case of uniform motion in a circle.
 * 2) Express angular displacement in radians.
 * 3) Recall and use the centripetal acceleration a = v2/r
 * 4) Apply the equation F = ma to uniform motion in a circle to derive F = mv2/r

What needs to be done
I would really like it if somebody could donate a picture or two about the related stuff, and clean up the code a bit. I'm a newbie, so I'm having a lot of trouble at this. Also, some examples are needed. Thanks in advance to anyone willing to take it up.


 * Hi, and thanks for your contributions. The first place to check is Wikipedia. You can search for terms related to this module and use pictures from each article. For example, this article has a good picture showing what a radian is. You may also want to check through Wikimedia Commons for images and other media. Also, although I have only skimmed through your introduction, the entire A-level physics specification does not involve any differentiation. I will make a few changes to your text to make it fit the specification once I have looked at it thoroughly. Finally, please remember to check the specification to see what should and should not go on each page. --Krackpipe 12:07, 18 September 2005 (UTC)


 * Thanks a lot for the effort. I'm not sure exactly how to do a lot of this stuff without differentiation, because well, its the correct way. Either way, when I get some free time I'll get a way to put it into simpler terms. Thanks again for your corrections, which you made for my other page too.