Is the centrifugal force a reaction of the centripetal force? Give reAson for your answer.
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Firstly for a pair of forces to be action-reaction, they have to be in the same frame acting on an object. But both these forces “centrifugal” and “centripetal” act in two different frames.
1.Centripetal force(GROUND FRAME):- Basically if an object is performing a circular motion, its velocity (particularly direction) is changing at every instant of time, in physics we call this acceleration which requires a force, and that force is directed towards “CENTER ” and hence this is “centripetal” force.
2.Centrifugal force(ACCELERATED FRAME):- If you have ever been in a merry go round, you would say i felt a FORCE OUTWARDS, because you yourself are in a accelerated frame of reference, this is sometimes called as “PSEUDO” force, this is NOT a reaction force, pseudo forces are inevitably felt by particles in accelerated frame because they have INERTIA and want to travel in straight path.
Hope this answers your question.
Firstly for a pair of forces to be action-reaction, they have to be in the same frame acting on an object. But both these forces “centrifugal” and “centripetal” act in two different frames.
1.Centripetal force(GROUND FRAME):- Basically if an object is performing a circular motion, its velocity (particularly direction) is changing at every instant of time, in physics we call this acceleration which requires a force, and that force is directed towards “CENTER ” and hence this is “centripetal” force.
2.Centrifugal force(ACCELERATED FRAME):- If you have ever been in a merry go round, you would say i felt a FORCE OUTWARDS, because you yourself are in a accelerated frame of reference, this is sometimes called as “PSEUDO” force, this is NOT a reaction force, pseudo forces are inevitably felt by particles in accelerated frame because they have INERTIA and want to travel in straight path.
Hope this answers your question.
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centrifugal force is not a reaction for centrifugal force because both of them act on the same object whereas action-reaction forces act on different objects
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