Centripetal force isn't a "new" force at all, but simply a description of whatever happens to be holding something in its circular motion -- gravity, tension, air pressure, etc.
Riddle me this, what is the cetripetal-type force that allows a car to go around a turn rather than flying off in a straight line? Briefly explain why/how the force acts in a centripetal ("center-seeking") manner.
Hint: What matters most is where the rubber meets the road.
I believe that the friction of the wheels against the road provides a center for the forces that all want to go in a straight line. The centripetal force is the friction of the tires. For example, if there is a lack of friction on the ground where the car is turning, the car will slide off in a straight line due to the lack of the centripetal force.
ReplyDeleteAs we've previously learned this year, friction helps to keep two surfaces together. The rubber tires and the ground create kinetic friction to keep the car in control. The friction, or the centripetal force, keeps the car grounded because it is pushing the tires toward the ground as they travel in the unnatural circular motion. This centripetal force of friction, and the microscopic ridges of the two surfaces, guarantee that the rotating tires will stay grounded rather than loosing control.
ReplyDeleteThe centripetal or "center-seeking" force causes an object that wants to go straight to actually follow a circular motion because of either gravity, tension, elastic, or the normal force. The car is able to turn in an unnatural circular motion and not continue to go in a straight line because of the centripetal force/ kinetic friction which is created when the forces push the imperfections of the tires into the imperfections of the ground; furthermore, causing the car to oppose the natural ability to go straight.
ReplyDeleteAssuming the car is not moving too fast for the tyres to break free, the tyres along with the suspension will overcome the forward momentum of the car redirecting it in a new vector; the centripetal force overcomes the cars momentum.
ReplyDeleteThe car is able to move in this unnatural, circular motion because the friction that the tires create against the ground overcomes the desire of the car to move in a straight line, which allows the car to turn. This kinetic friction allows the car to deny the desired straight movement and to turn in a circular motion.
ReplyDeleteThe centripetal type force in the "umbrella" of terms that would keep this car moving in the circle without spinning out would have to be friction. Since this circular motion is unnatural, two opposing forces are needed. Those two forces are friction momentum. The momentum of the car wants to make it keep going in a straight line but the friction opposing the momentum is able to make the car go in the unnatural circular motion.
ReplyDeleteAs we learned earlier friction is the gripping of 2 surfaces the cars tires have specially made traction(macroscopic grooves) that are custom designed for the track its driving on. That being said is also the direction the tires are spinning as well as the direction the tires are pointing. First the tires are pointing in one direction, the car moving in a sideways vector due to its momentum is also moving in a straight vector because of the friction of the tires and the surface causing the car to go around in a circle; however if the grip on the tires and surface is to great it can cause what is called an axle wrap which occurs when the momentum and fraction combat each other so much that the axle of the car wraps around itself. Finally is the spinning of the tires, based on the pic it looks like the car is an all wheel drive car so all 4 tires are gripping the road and rotating pulling and pushing the car in the direction it wants to go because the grip of the tires is pushing on the ground and the normal force is pushing back causing the car to move forward giving it momentum and then propelling it in a circle causing the outer pushing feeling because the car is going in a circle but the driver is not.
ReplyDeleteUltimately the friction initiated by the cars connection with the ground causes it to remain on the ground and staying in it's constant circular pattern. Also the car causes this momentum that desires to move in a straight line;however, the initial friction disturbs that momentum, so the car moves in a circular direction. This is the clear example of the centripetal force at work.
ReplyDeleteThe car is able to move in the unnatural circular motion because if the speed of the car going into the circular motion is not exceeding the capability of the tires and suspension to take a turn, then they together will control the forward momentum of the car and direct it into a new vector allowing it to move in a circular motion without proceeding in a straight line as projected.
ReplyDeleteI believe that the centripetal force allowing the car to make an unatural circular turn is the friction between the tires and the road. The friction allows the car to not go straight, what it desires to do, but instead unnaturally make a circular turn. Because the friction between the tires and the road pulls the car towards the turning and allows it to make the circular turn, it is the centripetal force.
ReplyDeleteThe centripetal force causes something that wants go to straight, to go in a circular motion. In this case, the centripetal force that allows the car to turn safely is friction. The centripetal force, or in this case, the friction, is pushing the tired towards the ground while going in a circular motion. The momentum of the car wants it to go in a straight line but the friction allows the car to make the turn.
ReplyDeleteIn this example, the centripetal force makes something that wants to go straight go in a circular motion instead. There are two forces the fall under the centripetal force, in this case, friction and momentum. We learned earlier in the year that friction helps to keep two surfaces together. The momentum of the car wants to make the car go in a straight line, but the friction between the wheels and dirt allows the car to go in an unnatural circular motion.
ReplyDeleteThe friction between the tires and the ground is causing the centripetal force. The car really wants to go in a straight line, which is the centrifugal force, but the imperfections and grooves between the tires and the road are causing the unnatural circular motion. The momentum of the car is interrupted but the friction which forces the car to turn.
ReplyDeleteThe friction between the road and the wheels prevent the car from straying onto a straight line path. The friction between the wheels and the ground carry the car and its momentum in the direction of choice, rather than just straight. Without the friction between the tires and the road, the car,(forced by momentum) would travel only straight and no other direction.
ReplyDeleteThe centripetal force involves the aspect of friction; because the car is connecting with the ground, it causes it to shift, especially as it the surface is loose. The tail end of the car spits out when turning because it cannot hold it's position, or its grip on the road, even though the car's wheels are facing in the correct direction, going around the turn. The momentum of the car is continuing straight, like in the Calvin and Hobbs demo, but, the wheels are turned in the right way, and the friction, is what allows it to turn.
ReplyDeleteFriction between the cars tires and the road allow the car to turn rather than go in a straight line. When a car is turning, the engine keeps the wheels, which grip the road, moving, which overcomes the momentum of the car, and cause the car to change vectors and velocity, allowing it to turn in a circular motion.
ReplyDeleteThe centripetal force in this example is supplied by the friction of the tires on the road. As the car turns (say to the right), its momentum "wants" to continue moving it straight forward. However, as the tires are now pointing to the right rather than 'forward,' the grooves on the tire (both macro- and microscopic) are perpendicular to this 'forward' direction. As such, the normal force that results when these grooves meet those of the ground (friction) provides the centripetal "force" needed to keep the car in its circular motion.
ReplyDeleteThe centripetal force that allows the car to move in an unnatural circle is the friction between the the tires and the ground. As the car turns the tires strong grip on the ground doesn't allow the car to go off course and into a straight line. Although the cars momentum naturally wants to go straight, the driver turning the wheel and the friction between the tires and ground allow for the car to go in an unnatural circular motion.
ReplyDeleteThe centripetal force that allows a car to go around a turn rather than flying off in a straight line is friction. When the car is turning, it's momentum tries to continue moving straight forward. However, the irregularities of the tire and the ground rest upon one another, which produces friction. The friction between the tires and the ground, outweigh the momentum of the car.
ReplyDeleteThe friction of the tires on the ground is the centripetal force that keeps the car from flying in a straight line. It is pushing the tires toward the ground while they travel in the unnatural circular motion. There is also gravity holding the car down. The momentum of the car wants to go in a straight line, but the friction between the tires and the ground causes the car to go in an unnatural circular motion.
ReplyDeleteThe centripetal-type force that allows a car to go around a turn rather than flying off in a straight line in this case is friction. This is the case because of the friction created by contact of the tires and the road, which creates a greater force than the momentum created by the car. The friction over comes the momentum, which is trying to get the car to go in a straight line outward. The change in the vector and direction of the tires allows the car to keep going in the circular motion which is all due to the friction caused by the microscopic imperfections on the car tires and the contact they make with the ground.
ReplyDeleteThe friction between the two tires is the centripetal force that allows the car to go around a turn rather than flying off into a straight. However, the centripetal force that is also acting upon the car is momentum, which is what makes the car want to slide straight, but fiction doesn’t allow this. This is because the surface of the tires combines with the microscopic imperfection of the road to allow the unnatural movement of a turn to occur without the car sliding. The more friction, or centripetal force, between the two surfaces the more the car will be able to turn, however, with less friction the more the car will slide off in a straight line.
ReplyDeleteThe car is able to move in an unnatural circular motion because of the centripetal force. The centripetal force that lets this happen, opposed to having the car fly off in a straight line, is the friction of the tires on the road. This friction is clearly more powerful than the cars momentum because the car naturally wants to go straight. However, if the driver turns the wheel (causing the friction between the tire and the ground), the car will then turn in a circular motion.
ReplyDeleteWhen the car is turning its momentum tries to make it go straight but friction caused by the tires and the ground overpower the momentum and whip the car around the turn. This example is similar to our warmup we did on monday
ReplyDeleteThe centripetal force that allows the car to move in an unnatural angular/circular motion is friction. As the car is making a turn, the driver as well as the car want to keep moving forward in a straight line, however friction between the area where to car's tires touch the road's surface is where the friction takes place as the car is turning. Friction from the tires grooves grab on to the road and pull the car in. All the energy is being put in to pulling the car to a center-seeking position. This centripetal force of friction is what helps the car turn and swing around in a circle.
ReplyDeleteThe friction between the tires and the road form a grip, which in addition to the tires constantly moving in the direction at which they are pointing, causes the car to turn the corner rather than going off naturally in a straight line.
ReplyDeleteFriction is the centripetal type force that allows the car to move in a circular motion.The contact between the ground and the tires overrides the momentum and allows the car to move in a circular motion once it is turned towards a specific direction. The car will want to naturally go straight however the friction enables that from happening by overpowering the momentum.
ReplyDeleteThe centripetal type force that is allowing the car to go around the race track rather than the car just flying off is friction. When the car turns, the driver wants to keep moving forward but is stopped by the confines of the car. When the car turns a corner, the friction between where the tires meet the tracks, the grooves on the tires sink into the road and keeps the car from shooting outward.
ReplyDeleteThe centripetal force acting against the car allowing it to move in a circular motion, would be friction. Although due to the centrifugal force, it should be flying off in a straight line, because centrifugal force is fake, it doesn't, because the friction between the turning of the wheels and the ground create a force allowing it to turn.
ReplyDeleteFriction holds two surfaces together in place. Specifically, kinetic friction is created between the rubber tires which cover the wheels and the road. This friction keeps the car moving in a safe and controlled way. Centripetal force holds the vehicle down to the road due to the fact that the force pushes the rubber tires toward the road as they each turn and rotate. The combination of the flaws in both the road and rubber tires and the centripetal force, cause the tires to stay gripped down so that the car will follow its turn without flying the wrong direction.
ReplyDeleteFriction is the centripetal force used to allow the car to move in a angular or circular motion. Before the driver makes his turn, all of the cars momentum wants to continue going forward in a straight line. Due to the friction between the tires and the surface, as the car turns, the car is turned inward swinging the car around in a circular motion. Therefore friction is the centripetal force causing the car to move in a circle
ReplyDeleteThe centripetal force that causes the car to continue going in a circle, rather than a straight line, is friction. Friction in this case is what allows the car to stay on the ground, and continue this circular motion. Without friction, the car would just go in a straight line, as opposed to this circular direction. Friction is what keeps the tires of the car in control. This "center seeking force" pushes the tires inward, creating this circular motion.
ReplyDeleteCentripetal force causes the car to remain moving in a circular motion thus making an unnatural circular rotation. Friction makes the car undergo centripetal force because this element of friction outweighs the car's momentum thus making the tires not go in a straight direction but in contrast the tires go off to the side.
ReplyDeleteThe momentum of the vehicle moving forward is redirected when the friction of the wheels grooves interlock with the paved road causing the back end of the car to swing around in a circular motion and then straighten itself out once the turn is completed. This example of the car making a turn shows that friction can be put under the large umbrella of centripetal force due to preventing the object, in this case the car, from flying off into the unwanted direction.
ReplyDeleteThe centripetal force is the friction between the tires and the road. It allows the car to make the unnatural movement. The friction is able to overcome the momentum pushing the car in a straight line, forcing it to go in a circular motion.
ReplyDeleteThe centripetal force is caused by the friction between the grooves in the tires of the car and the road. The angle the tires are pointed allows the car to change direction, and the friction between the tires and the road keeps it traveling in that direction, giving the car centripetal force.
ReplyDeleteThe friction between the tires and the ground is the Centripetal Force that allows the car to move in a circular motion, along with the momentum of the car. The friction is keeping the tires on the ground because of the microscopic ridges on the ground and the car. The momentum of the car is swinging the back of the car in a circular motion.
ReplyDeleteThe kinetic friction between the rubber and the road is the most important factor in keeping the car on the ground during its "unnatural" circular motion. By keeping the rubber tires in contact with the rough(ish) road, centripetal force (inward) is possible without the car flipping over.
ReplyDeleteSince kinetic friction is created when the rubber tires move against the road, the car can move safely without flipping over because the kinetic friction is controlling the vehicle. Centripetal force pushes the tires against the road, allowing the vehicle to stay down on the road. This friction allows the car to safely turn without the car flipping over because the friction holds down the tires to the road, allowing centripetal force to be possible without the car getting destroyed.
ReplyDeleteThe centripetal force that allows the car to stay on the ground is the kinetic friction between the tires of the car and the surface of the ground. The tire's natural attraction to the ground allows them to resist going straight and just "hold" the ground. The direction of the body of the car wants to continue going in a straight line but the wheels function together to resist the direction of the car thus pulling it away from the direction it wants to go.
ReplyDeleteThe centripetal-type force that allows the the car to turn in this unnatural circular motion instead of the car just flying off in a straight line is kinetic friction. Because the tires are angled toward the center of the circle and while the car is in motion, the large ridges and micro-irregularities of the tires and bumps and imperfections of the ground become intertwined (but not intertwined to the extent that the vehicle stops moving; it is not an example of static friction) so that the tires are perpendicular to the ground which exerts the normal force. The car wants to move in a linear fashion; however, the friction between the angled tires and the ground prevent the car from going straight and instead makes it travel in a centripetal motion.
ReplyDeleteI think what holds a car in a turn is the kinetic friction that occurs between the wheels and the road. Because the wheels are turned in a different direction then the car wants to go, It creates a centripetal force that eventually leads the car into its new direction.
ReplyDeleteI think that the surface of the rubber tires that touches the road when the car is turning has kinetic friction with respect to the roughness of the road and that friction keeps the car from rolling over/ just going straight. When the tires turn the car, they are creating the centripetal force because when they pivot in the same place, the car's mass has to go all the way around until the turned wheels affect it.
ReplyDeleteIn this picture of the car, centripetal force makes something go in a circular motion rather than going straight. The centripetal force that allows the car to move in an unnatural circular motion is friction. Friction helps keep two surfaces together (the tire grooves pushed against the grooves of the road). Because the tires and the ground are rubbing against each other; they create Kinetic friction, keeping the car in control. The momentum of the car wants the car to go straight; however, the friction between the wheels and the ground allow the car to go in an unnatural circular motion. Because all the energy is being used to turn the car abruptly, the centripetal force of friction helps turn the car and swing it in a circle formation.
ReplyDeleteCentripetal force makes the car go turn in a circle. Friction is the category under the umbrella of centripetal which keeps the circular motion. Friction and the physics of gravity keep the car against the ground as the impurities and ridges of the car's tires hit the ridges of the ground under it causing kinetic friction. This friction causes abilizes (yea I'm going to make up a word) the car to turn without it flipping or pushing straight forward. When the traction control of a car is turned off, however, the car begins to drift its turns causing it to seem to turn while also going forward. In actuality the car is turning is angled in the direction it is turning while its momentum carries it through the turn in the opposite direction until the driver begins to revert the car to its normal driving position (or crashes of course ;) )
ReplyDeleteCentripetal force makes something go in a circular motion instead of going straight. The force that allows the car to move in an awkward motion is friction, because the friction helps the grooves of the tire pushed against the grooves of the road. The car wants to go straight however through friction the car can go in a circle, thanks to the help of centripetal force.
ReplyDeleteThe cetripetal-type force that allows a car to go around a turn rather than flying off in a straight line is Kinetic Friction. Kinetic Friction can act as the centripetal force ("center-seeking") that causes an object (in this case the car) to follow a circular path (which is unnatural) instead of continuing in a straight line. The continuation of the straight line would be a result from momentum. Examples of forces that can act centripetally are gravity, tension, elasticity and normal force.
ReplyDeleteThe car is able to move in this unnatural circle (which is ultimately just a bunch of changing straight lines) because the friction created by the tires sharply rubs against the ground. This friction is overcoming the cars initial "want" to go in a straight line and this enables the car to turn. There is literally soooooo much that goes into turning the car so rapidly and the centripetal force makes the car swing in this circle.
ReplyDeleteThe kinetic friction from the tires of the car allow it to have a centripetal force. This causes it to go in a circle because the friction from the tires rubbing against the floors In that motion is pushing it into the center. The car wants to go straight because of momentum, but the friction makes it go in the circular motion because of the force brought upon by the tires and gravity. The elasticity of the rubber tires is also a key aspect of the friction occurring between the wheels and the floor. The angle and direction of the tires keep the car from going in the linear direction and allow it to go in a circular motion.
ReplyDeleteCentripetal force causes unnatural circular motion. The force permitting a car to go around a turn rather than fly off in a straight line is friction and acts as "center-seeking". The friction from the tire’s imperfections clings to the road and pulls the car in a circular motion, while it really wants to go straight.
ReplyDeleteSince friction helps keep two surfaces together, the rubber tires and the ground create kinetic friction to keep the car in control. The car is then grounded by this friction, or centripetal force, because the friction is pushing the tires toward the ground as they travel in the unnatural circular motion. This centripetal force and the ridges of the two surfaces, guarantee that the tires will stay grounded rather than loosing control.
ReplyDeleteThe centripetal type-force that allows a car to go around a turn rather than flying off in a straight line is Kinetic Friction. Kinetic Friction acts as the centripetal force that causes the car to follow an unnatural circular path instead of continuing in a straight line because the rubber tires going over the groves in the pavement causes friction, keeping the car grounded as the car travels in this circular motion.
ReplyDeleteThe reason the car can hold such a strong speed in the turn is because of the friction. Friction has to do with two surfaces. the rubber has a lot of kinetic friction and on race cars the tires are huge. The centripetal force is trying to have the car go in a straight line but the rubber on the tires creates that kinetic energy and the car can go in a sharp turn.
ReplyDeleteThe friction between the tires and the road as well as the centripital force pulling the car inwards keep the car going in an unnatural circular motion. The tires want to continue in a straight like but are being pulled by a stronger force.
ReplyDeleteThe car does not continue in a straight line because of friction. Kinetic friction is the centripetal-force that allows the car to turn. The ridges on the tires and the ridges on the ground causes friction slowing down the car enough to act on centripetal force and turn.
ReplyDeleteThe car is able to go in an unnatural circular motion because of kinetic friction. The friction between the microscopic imperfections in the ground's dirt surface and the rubber tires, causes kinetic energy to swiftly force the tires to turn on cue when controlled. Thus, making kinetic friction the centripetal force.
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