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Kinetics of a Particle: Force and Acceleration

Curved Motion: Tangential and Normal Forces

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Curved motion is described by splitting a particle’s acceleration into tangential and normal parts. These two components help show how the particle moves along a curving path at a specific point.

The tangential component lies along the curve. It shows how the speed changes with time. A positive t...

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The motion of a particle in a curvilinear path can be described using the normal and tangential components.

The normal component is directed along the normal (or radial) path to the curve at a particular point. It depicts the variation in the trajectory of the velocity vector.

The tangential component is tangential to the curve at ...

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