Free fall on a swing?

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guderian93

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Free fall describes any motion of a body where gravity is the only or dominant force acting upon it, so technically when your falling nearly vertically on a swing from the top of your path your experiencing free fall, but when your moving upwards and horizontally you are not in free fall. I wouldn't use a swing as a good example of free fall because at many points in your swinging motion gravity is not the dominant and definitely not the only force acting on you, there is also the tension in the string and the centripetal force is creates.
 
technically.... yes.... though you do not fall at terminal speeds you do experience a small amount of free fall

terminal speed is reached when the downward force of gravity is matched by the resistance of the wind/air the object is falling into :)

Dr.Holet
 
technically.... yes.... though you do not fall at terminal speeds you do experience a small amount of free fall

terminal speed is reached when the downward force of gravity is matched by the resistance of the wind/air the object is falling into :)

Dr.Holet
 
Free fall describes any motion of a body where gravity is the only or dominant force acting upon it, so technically when your falling nearly vertically on a swing from the top of your path your experiencing free fall, but when your moving upwards and horizontally you are not in free fall. I wouldn't use a swing as a good example of free fall because at many points in your swinging motion gravity is not the dominant and definitely not the only force acting on you, there is also the tension in the string and the centripetal force is creates.
 
Free fall describes any motion of a body where gravity is the only or dominant force acting upon it, so technically when your falling nearly vertically on a swing from the top of your path your experiencing free fall, but when your moving upwards and horizontally you are not in free fall. I wouldn't use a swing as a good example of free fall because at many points in your swinging motion gravity is not the dominant and definitely not the only force acting on you, there is also the tension in the string and the centripetal force is creates.
 
Free fall describes any motion of a body where gravity is the only or dominant force acting upon it, so technically when your falling nearly vertically on a swing from the top of your path your experiencing free fall, but when your moving upwards and horizontally you are not in free fall. I wouldn't use a swing as a good example of free fall because at many points in your swinging motion gravity is not the dominant and definitely not the only force acting on you, there is also the tension in the string and the centripetal force is creates.
 
by free fall do you mean weightless??
because motion on a swing is compared to a particle executing a vertical circular motion and hence if the velocity is very high so that the centripetal force acting at the lowest point of the motion ( F=mv^2/r)
is equal the gravitational force (F=mg) then we may feel weightless
 
by free fall do you mean weightless??
because motion on a swing is compared to a particle executing a vertical circular motion and hence if the velocity is very high so that the centripetal force acting at the lowest point of the motion ( F=mv^2/r)
is equal the gravitational force (F=mg) then we may feel weightless
 
by free fall do you mean weightless??
because motion on a swing is compared to a particle executing a vertical circular motion and hence if the velocity is very high so that the centripetal force acting at the lowest point of the motion ( F=mv^2/r)
is equal the gravitational force (F=mg) then we may feel weightless
 
Free fall describes any motion of a body where gravity is the only or dominant force acting upon it, so technically when your falling nearly vertically on a swing from the top of your path your experiencing free fall, but when your moving upwards and horizontally you are not in free fall. I wouldn't use a swing as a good example of free fall because at many points in your swinging motion gravity is not the dominant and definitely not the only force acting on you, there is also the tension in the string and the centripetal force is creates.
 
by free fall do you mean weightless??
because motion on a swing is compared to a particle executing a vertical circular motion and hence if the velocity is very high so that the centripetal force acting at the lowest point of the motion ( F=mv^2/r)
is equal the gravitational force (F=mg) then we may feel weightless
 
by free fall do you mean weightless??
because motion on a swing is compared to a particle executing a vertical circular motion and hence if the velocity is very high so that the centripetal force acting at the lowest point of the motion ( F=mv^2/r)
is equal the gravitational force (F=mg) then we may feel weightless
 
by free fall do you mean weightless??
because motion on a swing is compared to a particle executing a vertical circular motion and hence if the velocity is very high so that the centripetal force acting at the lowest point of the motion ( F=mv^2/r)
is equal the gravitational force (F=mg) then we may feel weightless
 
by free fall do you mean weightless??
because motion on a swing is compared to a particle executing a vertical circular motion and hence if the velocity is very high so that the centripetal force acting at the lowest point of the motion ( F=mv^2/r)
is equal the gravitational force (F=mg) then we may feel weightless
 
by free fall do you mean weightless??
because motion on a swing is compared to a particle executing a vertical circular motion and hence if the velocity is very high so that the centripetal force acting at the lowest point of the motion ( F=mv^2/r)
is equal the gravitational force (F=mg) then we may feel weightless
 
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