Passengers in a whirly-go-round (a "puke your guts out" amusement ride) are subjected to accelerations of 2.5 g's at the end of a 3.5 m pole as they move in a circular path. What speed (in m/s) do they experience? An engineer rides the ride in the problem above and decides the acceleration needs to be reduced to 1.84 g's, but the speed should remain the same. What length of pole should be used?
Displacement, Velocity and Acceleration
In classical mechanics, kinematics deals with the motion of a particle. It deals only with the position, velocity, acceleration, and displacement of a particle. It has no concern about the source of motion.
Linear Displacement
The term "displacement" refers to when something shifts away from its original "location," and "linear" refers to a straight line. As a result, “Linear Displacement” can be described as the movement of an object in a straight line along a single axis, for example, from side to side or up and down. Non-contact sensors such as LVDTs and other linear location sensors can calculate linear displacement. Non-contact sensors such as LVDTs and other linear location sensors can calculate linear displacement. Linear displacement is usually measured in millimeters or inches and may be positive or negative.
Passengers in a whirly-go-round (a "puke your guts out" amusement ride) are subjected to accelerations of 2.5 g's at the end of a 3.5 m pole as they move in a circular path. What speed (in m/s) do they experience?
An engineer rides the ride in the problem above and decides the acceleration needs to be reduced to 1.84 g's, but the speed should remain the same. What length of pole should be used?
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