LOOP THE LOOP APPARATUS

LOOP THE LOOP APPARATUS

• Demonstrates the circular motion of an object in a vertical plane.
• Comprises a low friction track, 17mm wide, for a steel ball to roll down.
• It then rotates in a vertically mounted 190mm dia. loop and stopped at the other end with a large black round plastic nut.
• Height of start of track is 500mm and levels flat at the end.
• Supplied with 2x steel balls of different diameters.

(Wikipedia excerpt: ..."...In physics, circular motion is movement of an object along the circumference of a circle or rotation along a circular arc. It can be uniform, with a constant rate of rotation and constant tangential speed, or non-uniform with a changing rate of rotation. The rotation around a fixed axis of a three-dimensional body involves the circular motion of its parts. The equations of motion describe the movement of the center of mass of a body, which remains at a constant distance from the axis of rotation. In circular motion, the distance between the body and a fixed point on its surface remains the same, i.e., the body is assumed rigid.

Examples of circular motion include: special satellite orbits around the Earth (circular orbits), a ceiling fan's blades rotating around a hub, a stone that is tied to a rope and is being swung in circles, a car turning through a curve in a race track, an electron moving perpendicular to a uniform magnetic field, and a gear turning inside a mechanism....")