Centrifugal Force Apparatus
experiment: Centrifugal force
Centrifugal Force Apparatus
An experimental insight into centrifugal forces and the flattening of the “Earth’s poles”
The apparatus is designed to study centrifugal forces. It can also be used to study the
phenomena of the “Earth’s poles flattening”.
Photogate – Code 2311.10
Dual Range Force Sensor – Code 2310
LabPro – Code 2300.10
Logger Pro – Code 2300.50
experiment: Earth's poles flattening demonstrator
By using the Earth's poles flattening demonstrator mounted on the electric motor, it is
possible to observe the effect of the centrifugal force on the shape of the Earth.
We can readily see that the squeezing of the poles is a balance of the centrifugal force, due to the rotation of the earth, and a centripetal force due to the elastic deformation of the earth.
According to Newton's third law of motion, to every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.
In centripetal forces, the action is balanced by a reaction force and the centrifugal (“centre-fleeing”) force.
The two forces are equal in magnitude and opposite in direction.
The rotating mass is held in its path by a string which transmits the centrifugal force to the force sensor, meanwhile the photogate detects the passage of the mass at every revolution.
The measurements collected through the datalogger readily allow us to relate the centrifugal force to the angular velocity of the mass.
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