To test the effects of high acceleration onthe human body, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) constructed a large centrifuge at the Manned SpacecraftCenter in Houston. In this device, astronauts were placed in a capsulethat moved in a circular path with a radius of 15 m. If the astronautsin this centrifuge experienced a centripetal acceleration 9.0 timesthat of gravity, what was the linear speed of the capsule?

To test the effects of high acceleration onthe human body, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) constructed a large centrifuge at the Manned SpacecraftCenter in Houston. In this device, astronauts were placed in a capsulethat moved in a circular path with a radius of 15 m. If the astronautsin this centrifuge experienced a centripetal acceleration 9.0 timesthat of gravity, what was the linear speed of the capsule?

Glencoe Physics: Principles and Problems, Student Edition

1st Edition

ISBN:9780078807213

Author:Paul W. Zitzewitz

Publisher:Paul W. Zitzewitz

Chapter6: Motion In Two Dimensions

Section6.2: Circular Motion

Problem 13PP

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