Re: What is Forced (accelerated) Motion?

From: Goran Jakupovic (jg01495p_at_kiklop.etf.bg.ac.yu)
Date: 07/19/04


Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2004 00:07:19 +0200


"Sam Wormley" <swormley1@mchsi.com> wrote in message
news:40FC21FB.652489C9@mchsi.com...
> Goran Jakupovic wrote:
> >
> > Please give us your definition of acceleration - it is obviously
different
> > from the "conventional" one if it has zero value on circular trajectory.
> >
>
> "zero value on circular trajectory"????
>
> Acceleration would have a non zero constant (constant in magnitude)
> value for a body in a circular trajectory.
> http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/physics/Acceleration.html

I'm aware of that but mr. Shead claims that circular motion is not
accelerated so I'm curious to find what is HIS definition of acceleration
(i.e. not "real world" definition you provided) ;-)



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