
This diagram shows an aeroplane banking to make a horizontal tum. The aeroplane is travelling at a speed of and the radius of the turning circle is .

Copy the diagram. On your copy, draw and label the forces acting on the aeroplane.

Important Questions on Circular Motion
This diagram shows an aeroplane banking to make a horizontal tum. The aeroplane is travelling at a speed of and the radius of the turning circle is .
Calculate the angle that the aeroplane makes with the horizontal.

Explain what is meant by the term angular speed.

This diagram shows a rubber bung, of mass , on the end of a length of string being swung in a horizontal circle of radius . The string makes an angle of with the vertical.
Calculate the tension in the string.

This diagram shows a rubber bung, of mass , on the end of a length of string being swung in a horizontal circle of radius . The string makes an angle of with the vertical.
Calculate the angular speed of the bung

This diagram shows a rubber bung, of mass , on the end of a length of string being swung in a horizontal circle of radius . The string makes an angle of with the vertical.
Calculate the time it takes to make one complete revolution

Explain what is meant by a centripetal acceleration.

A teacher swings a bucket of water, of total mass , round in a vertical circle of diameter . Calculate the minimum speed that the bucket must be swung at so that the water remains in the bucket at the top of the circle.

A teacher swings a bucket of water, of total mass , round in a vertical circle of diameter . Assuming that the speed remains constant, what will be the force on the teacher's hand when the bucket is at the bottom of the circle?
